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I wanted to love this. I wanted it to be the book described in the synopsis/summary. I feel betrayed because neither happened. I’m giving this an extra star because the actual writing is lyrical and beautiful and the author put in some work. The plot is what I struggle with as there didn’t seem to be an actual point to the story. Lots of historical tidbits thrown in which made me think but overall I am disappointed.
Genre: historical fiction, ownvoices, speculative fiction
Pub date: Nov 2 (out now!)
In one sentence (from publisher): A Black immortal in 1930s Los Angeles must recover the memory of her past in order to save the world.
This book is really hard for me to rate! It's unlike anything I've read before, and I really appreciate the novelty. The best part of the novel is Lou, our 1930s protagonist - I was so entranced by her story. I highlighted so many passages on my kindle as she discussed racism and p ...more
Pub date: Nov 2 (out now!)
In one sentence (from publisher): A Black immortal in 1930s Los Angeles must recover the memory of her past in order to save the world.
This book is really hard for me to rate! It's unlike anything I've read before, and I really appreciate the novelty. The best part of the novel is Lou, our 1930s protagonist - I was so entranced by her story. I highlighted so many passages on my kindle as she discussed racism and p ...more
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I give up. 2/3 of the way through and I just can’t anymore. Bizarre writing style. I’m sure it has a following. But not for me. Characters fall flat.
Not entirely sure what to make of this one- wish it had just been a historical fiction book to be honest. Lou was an extremely compelling main character and I appreciated watching her form relationships and grow. However the Sarah future chapters just felt like weird excuses to add commentary to Lou's story and the immortality side of things just took over the plot at the end after barely being present. Enjoyed the first two parts of this, but then it just lost me. Not sure the book ever knew wh
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