![]() ![]() ![]() Black women are going to be able to talk about the details of this alternate history novel and how it examines racism, slavery, and Black lives being treated as a commodity in a way that I can’t. Honestly, I feel like I could talk about this book for hours, but I want to take a moment to link to another review, first.Īs a white reader and reviewer, I think it’s important to use this platform as a way to highlight the experts. Now, this is going to be a bit of a different review. ![]() Whether you are interested in history, zombies, or just a good story, this is a book to pick up. It was breathtaking, it was intense, it was all consuming in the way the best books are. I have been thinking about this book nonstop since I finished it. ![]() The author is also on twitter here, and has a website over here. It just hit the NYT Bestsellers List, it should be absolutely everywhere. Having a Black leading lady say so, and so matter of fact, makes this even more significant. Why it’s on this list: Although the identity language isn’t there, considering the era, it is still made explicit that the main character is attracted to boys and girls, and a secondary character admits to being attracted to no one at all. it’s zombies, and the Native and Negro Reeducation Act, which is what ‘ended’ slavery and forced young Black children to go to schools to learn how to fight the undead instead. What it is: a novel where the dead start rising at the battle of Gettysburg. ![]()
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