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Fantastic first book by a very promising new author written with empathy but not over-emotional which for me is the way to do the subject(s) of the book justice. The book is mainly about slavery and its long-lasting effects of slavery not only on black people all over the world, the politics of America, Europe (mainly Britain, although it needs to be remembered that Britain was by far not the only country who enriched itself through slavery) and Africa. For me, even the idea that anybody could t
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3.5 Stars
This book was beautifully written, but I had a difficult time keeping track of the many characters. Each chapter is devoted to one character. Sometimes they are connected, but oftentimes it’s only loosely, or not at all. I would have enjoyed it more had there been more connection. This was for my RL bookgroup, otherwise I don’t know that I would have stuck it out until the end. It gets a lot of 5 star ratings, so maybe it just didn’t work for me.
This book was beautifully written, but I had a difficult time keeping track of the many characters. Each chapter is devoted to one character. Sometimes they are connected, but oftentimes it’s only loosely, or not at all. I would have enjoyed it more had there been more connection. This was for my RL bookgroup, otherwise I don’t know that I would have stuck it out until the end. It gets a lot of 5 star ratings, so maybe it just didn’t work for me.
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