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Title: Washington BlackAuthor: Esi Edugyan
Published: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 384
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
In this story, we meet an eleven-year old slave from Barbados who is chosen to become the manservant of his master's brother, which changes the course of his life forever.
Review:
This was quite an interesting book and I very much enjoyed most of it.
This is a sort of coming of age story wrapped up in an adventure, all the while exploring themes of slavery, science, love, humanity and family, and I really like that. I really liked reading about our main characters and following them on this journey.
I loved seeing the different settings as well and I generally really love stories set in this era, especially when it involves science and discovery. I think the writing is, for the most part, really strong and there are many parts that are excellently and beautifully written.
I do think this book starts of stronger than it finishes; for the two thirds, I was deeply immersed and then the closer we got to the end, the more I felt like the story was slipping a little bit. I can't really put my finger on what it was, but the story started feeling harder to get through and not in a good way. I also don't really know if I liked the ending; it felt like it tied up all the strings of the story and yet it was a little unsatisfactory.
Normally, I'd give this kind of book three stars, but I'm upping it to four mostly because of the writing and the fact that I think this book will stay with me for a good while. I think it's definitely a book worth reading if you like the sound of the story.
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