Reviews

Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman by Balogun Ojetade

lotusofthoth's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

5 effing stars. I was in love from page one. I don't give two flying hoots about what others think about this book. It's a masterpiece of imagination pulling directly from history. What people don't seem to understand is this a love letter and veneration of one of the world's greatest heroes. While it did take me a while to get through I couldn't help but think about it in my spare hours whilst needing great time to process and digest it. I strongly believe in the powers of worldbuilding, how our minds can create entire universe' from scratch. This alternative timeline exists somewhere, I just know it. I cried many times; I was on the edge of my seat. This book was like watching a film to me, that's how well written it was. To the author, I applaud thee. May the heavens forever bless and shower you and everyone you love, thank you for accentuating the wonder and heroism of one of the greatest women and people to ever walk the earth. 

blackbibliophile's review

1.0

"Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman blends horror and steampunk to transport you to a world of wonder and illusion, and amazing inventions. It’s a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and creatures from hell rise and walk the earth." Summaries like this are what drew me into wanting to read this book. I found this book on BookBub.com and purchased it at a discounted price; after checking the ratings and reviews on Goodreads.com, I figured that reading this book would be worth it, but I was wrong. The book starts off fast and full of action; it started off with so much promise and then after the first few chapters, I was confused. I'm not sure why any of what was happening was happening. This book is part of a series, a series that I will not continue to waste my time on. I'm all for creative liberties in writing fictional books, but this was too much for me and I was not pleased.

jessmahler's review

If you are expecting a fictionalized/paranormal take on the real Harriet Tubman, skip. For whatever reason this book decides to skip over all the spy/thriller-movie-worthy real shit Tubman did and create a weird fictionalized post-civil war thing where Tubman is a badass action hero kicking down doors and having shootouts.
Add to this some really 'WTF?' character decisions and I nope'd out after Chapter 4.