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Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

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emquegeeaye's review

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challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So the story started off a little slow for me. The story is interesting and catches your attention though. There are moments that were a little intense and hard to read such as the violence against the slaves. I put the book down with every intention not to finish it after the 4 chapter but after about a week I decided to give it a go again and I’m glad I finished it. I really liked Philip, Reenie & Sweets. Loved Mawu. She was so feisty. Now Lizzie…bruh! She drove me crazy. She was so delusional. And the cold part is in my opinion she thought she was better than the other slaves bc her master “loved” her and she “loved” him. She was not a good friend to the women or Philip either. She really made me mad throughout this book and I’m not sure if that was the author’s intention. But Lizzie was uppity, thought too highly and too low of herself of that makes sense and she was just too dumb for her own good. She took pleasure in knowing or being able to do something others couldn’t. She just wasn’t a very likable character to me. But I liked the story and I gave it 4/5 stars just because it moved too slowly for me. 
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zedohee's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

relentless but not unyielding. 

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5 stars first read 2017
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