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A review by nilchance
Sold Down the River by Barbara Hambly
4.0
The tension in Sold Down the River is so effective that I stalled out about chapter 5, I was so worried for Ben. Once I started up again, I couldn't put it down. I even read through a migraine, which is high praise.
Despite the bleak realism of slave life, there's hope and fellowship, and the characters more than earned their happy ending.
I also love that the first few chapter can be summed up as:
Ben's mother: Ben, do the thing.
Ben: NO. >:(
(Later)
Ben: My mother tried to make me do the thing!
The other women in Ben's life: BEN. DO THE THING.
Ben: ... (unhappily does the thing)
Despite the bleak realism of slave life, there's hope and fellowship, and the characters
I also love that the first few chapter can be summed up as:
Ben's mother: Ben, do the thing.
Ben: NO. >:(
(Later)
Ben: My mother tried to make me do the thing!
The other women in Ben's life: BEN. DO THE THING.
Ben: ... (unhappily does the thing)