The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I finally caved (so I could snag my book club book at a discounted rate) and signed up for BOTM! I loved Between the World and Me, and was so excited that The Water Dancer won as one of our picks this year!
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•Ta-Nehisi Coates' writing is STUN-NING. From page one. From sentence one. Incredible, make you stop reading and just stare at the page because you know you'll never be able to write anything so beautiful kind of writing.
•This novel (Coates' first, but hopefully not his last) is SLOW to develop, and at times I wondered where it was going and if I was going to make it through.
•I love the exploration of the power of memory, and the way Conduction becomes a metaphor for generational trauma.
•Hiram's GROWTH, particularly as it pertains to his relationship with women, was so pleasantly surprising.
•I was continually reminded of Jubilee by Margaret Walker and Kindred by Octavia Butler as I was reading. I would LOVE to examine TWD and Kindred side by side!
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TW/CW: While it is not what I would consider to be graphic, this book does contain depictions of slavery.
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•Ta-Nehisi Coates' writing is STUN-NING. From page one. From sentence one. Incredible, make you stop reading and just stare at the page because you know you'll never be able to write anything so beautiful kind of writing.
•This novel (Coates' first, but hopefully not his last) is SLOW to develop, and at times I wondered where it was going and if I was going to make it through.
•I love the exploration of the power of memory, and the way Conduction becomes a metaphor for generational trauma.
•Hiram's GROWTH, particularly as it pertains to his relationship with women, was so pleasantly surprising.
•I was continually reminded of Jubilee by Margaret Walker and Kindred by Octavia Butler as I was reading. I would LOVE to examine TWD and Kindred side by side!
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TW/CW: While it is not what I would consider to be graphic, this book does contain depictions of slavery.
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