Reviews

Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 by Edwidge Danticat

timna_wyckoff's review against another edition

5.0

Read for 5th grade book club. A thoughtful and beautifully written historical novel. The girls had LOTS to talk about!

anna_rosales's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

bellhore's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this story of the indigenous people of Haiti, the Taínos. I really hope that I am a descendant of theirs, as a daughter of Haitian immigrants.

marlfox24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

xolindsey's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

brittanyleigh22's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

badgers's review

adventurous dark hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

bergha1998's review against another edition

3.5

This one is extremely interesting because it shows the opposite side of the history we are taught in school. Showing a rich, Haitian POV of the "discovering of America."

kaitsbooked's review against another edition

4.0

4.5

emmarj's review against another edition

2.0

At the beginning of Anacaona the author acknowledges that the Taino had no system of writing or reading and then goes on to write a stilted and unpleasant "diary" littered with typos. Just because you had to fake that Anacaona could have potentially written a diary doesn't mean you had to write it poorly.