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The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom
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Start date
May 2, 2016
Finish date
April 28, 2016

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Jess
Jan 30, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2018
LaValle makes the quotidian eerie and full of horror, but with skill. Brush up on your Elijah Muhammad and H.P. Lovecraft before reading this one.
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Loretta
Aug 11, 2021 rated it really liked it
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This was good creepy captivating horror. I’ve still never read actual Lovecraft but between this and Jemisin’s take on subverting his work- I don’t need to. Much better to read this.
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