Saints Report History Chat discussion

Carnival of Fury

You were right Theo, this was a great book. 4 Stars

The events followed the same as the brief history given by Krist in Empire of Sin (it seemed as if Hair may have been almost his only source but didn't check the biblio)

Anyway, this had really good backstory about Charles. I am actually pretty familiar with the areas of Mississippi he lived in as well. Much of Copiah County still seems to be stuck in time by appearances.

I like how the author speculates as to whether Charles had regrets after the first incident but I would like to think that I would have done the same things he did after things went south. There is no doubt that he would have faced worse had he allowed himself to be captured.

It reminded me of a Nelson Mandela quote that I just read last month "..the oppressor who defines the nature of the
struggle, and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor. At a certain point, one can only fight fire with fire."

I just kept thinking about how the interactions between minorities and Police is still so similar. After 115 years, the chances and consequences have changed (not always) but the well placed mistrust has always been there.

Glad you enjoyed it. I let a girlfriend read it a while back and she read it in one day (while ignoring me). Lol

The book really put you into the various scenes, which was intensified knowing family came from the area where it occurred.