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Good story and well told, I think.
I love that there was a happy ending, even though it was so, so, so very painful to get there.
I love that her mother understood at last, and saved her. We need out mothers to understand and save us.
And I realized that we white people can never, ever understand the horror of slave trade. I mean... we like to point out that white people have been slaves, too, that whole peoples of white people have been seen as lesser beings... but not even these people were see ...more
I love that there was a happy ending, even though it was so, so, so very painful to get there.
I love that her mother understood at last, and saved her. We need out mothers to understand and save us.
And I realized that we white people can never, ever understand the horror of slave trade. I mean... we like to point out that white people have been slaves, too, that whole peoples of white people have been seen as lesser beings... but not even these people were see ...more
Complex novella that dives into the weight of having to own and live your family/culture's history and how you do that while also trying to live your own experiences. There is also exploration of self discovery, gender identity, generational trauma, and grief. The story is part healing, part horror, part innocence and part rage. I will be thinking about this for a long time to come.
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This is a mysterious and beautiful novella. As in the afterword, I feel like the beauty resides in its genesis - coming from oral (lyrical/musical) history and then transformed and deepened by the author based on their understand of this story. I was familiar with afrofuturist writing before this prompt, but realized I had already appreciated the genre through Octavia Butler’s work. This story was wild - pushing and pulling me. I loved the face-on confrontation of the past paired with the questi
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A little slow to start but kicks off running once the world is established. The audiobook is amazing and narrated wonderfully. This book has won multiple awards, for obvious reasons, and is well worth the read.
Jan 28, 2023
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3⭐️ for the story (strange, yet compelling)
4⭐️ for Daveed Diggs narration
3⭐️ for the story (strange, yet compelling)
4⭐️ for Daveed Diggs narration
Jun 16, 2020
Debbie
marked it as to-read
Feb 26, 2024
Ashley
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