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Incredibly painful. Brutal and too real. The coarse language was difficult for me, especially in the first half of the book. I almost gave up on the book but am glad that I stayed with it.
As one of the other reviewers stated: This book hurts. It is a harsh look at slavery in Jamaica. Everything about the story is difficult. Understanding the dialect, reading with horror the terrible discipline as it is meted out on a daily basis, understanding how slaves are considered property and judged for their productivity and only their productivity.
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