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A review by wanderlustlover
Blood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon
3.0
Hugo 2020 Nominations (Best Short Story);
This story, set in America's Civil War era, focus on a fifteen-year-old slave girl, named Sully, who frees herself from bondage by the murder of her owners and all their related family after hearing the man of the house has died in the war. Whats happens unexpectedly because of this becomes the rest of the story.
I very much liked the richness of this story. It's stark, dark, and cruel (or 'crotchety,' as Ziza would say), just as much as it is accepting, loyal, and compassionate. There is blood and gore aplenty, so that as a warning if you weren't quite prepared. The name definitely hits both 'blood' and 'hunger' to a 't' on the story subject matter. I very much loved the interplay with the Balance of Life and Death, and how it must be kept.
I was incredibly glad to see the story ending a surprisingly hopeful note, and something of a beautiful hint about the future relationship of the two main characters.
This story, set in America's Civil War era, focus on a fifteen-year-old slave girl, named Sully, who frees herself from bondage by the murder of her owners and all their related family after hearing the man of the house has died in the war. Whats happens unexpectedly because of this becomes the rest of the story.
I very much liked the richness of this story. It's stark, dark, and cruel (or 'crotchety,' as Ziza would say), just as much as it is accepting, loyal, and compassionate. There is blood and gore aplenty, so that as a warning if you weren't quite prepared. The name definitely hits both 'blood' and 'hunger' to a 't' on the story subject matter. I very much loved the interplay with the Balance of Life and Death, and how it must be kept.
I was incredibly glad to see the story ending a surprisingly hopeful note, and something of a beautiful hint about the future relationship of the two main characters.