A review by littletaiko
An Untamed State by Roxane Gay

4.0

This is hard book to review in that it's not an easy read but definitely a compelling story. A woman from a wealthy family is kidnapped in Haiti and held for ransom by a group of thugs. As the story weaves back and forth between her current predicament and her past the reader gets a good feel for the strength of her character as well as the the struggles within her country and family. Ultimately it's a story of surviving and finding help from the people you might least expect it from. The author does a good job of tempering the violence by switching the narrative away from kidnapping at a time when the reader needs a break.