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Rebekah
Jan 05, 2014 rated it did not like it
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I absolutely hated this book! Books written about colonialism are hard to swallow in our modern era. The author consistently refers to the native population as wild animals, savages, and magical beings. All of the old stereotypes are there. I would have been able to power through that though and just considered it a representative of the views of the time, had it been an interesting narrative or story, or well-written, but the book was also boring and dry to tears. I honestly have no idea why th ...more
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