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I'm kinda struggling and I'm bummed because 1. the synopsis sounded really interesting 2. I've had this book in the wings since early September probably and 3. I was excited to get into a story based in East Africa since my African eadings tend to lean West African. Anyways, I shall continue. For now. Just saying.

This book annoyed me at first but I continued and there have been so many moments where I feel like crying. These characters been going through it.

The way I finally locked in and finished. My goodness.

Having a hard locking in. Many characters coupled with a dreamy storyline that jumps around doesn't help things. Bright moments make it hard for me to commit to the DNF though.

Oh, wow.

Yes, Cassie. This is what it means to be vengeful.

The way Perry shows the contradictory nature of these so called masters. The ways they work to dehumanize the people they enslave, but it bounces back. The act of enslaving others strips themselves of what makes them human. So subtle and well done.

"Miniature tea things, children's cots sturdier than the bed she, a grown working woman, slept in, doll baby clothes that cost more than the dress she wore, and the reddened white faces that believed, or were learning, that they had a right to every part of her, not just her hands but all the wonder that made them work. They wanted that at their disposal, to dispose of as they pleased."

Whewwwwwww

The overwhelmingly positive reviews have me TERRIFIED to start this. But I'm being brave! 🧎🏿‍♀️

Needed a trigger warning for this attempted rape scene.

This book is so depressing. Hard to sit and watch someone relinquish all control in their own life. Maria is kind of a bitch, but I can understand why she treats Ruth the way she does. How else are you supposed to handle someone who doesn't care about anything or anyone but....you? She's like this zombie that is programmed to do nothing but wait for Maria. It's off putting and scary. And not enjoyable to read about!

Maria is all Ruth sees and it makes my heart hurt.

Good for you, Sheila

Her getting married again (and beasting for it!!!!) a couple years after her marriage from hell ended, oh, she a sucka for love furreal. Happy for her though. She seems like a sweet woman.

Marriage is so scary because look how the women be so broken when it ends. And even before it finally ends they just be suffering through the worst disrespect. Spooky.

Addie know she needed another 100 pages. It's crazy to end the story in this manner.

That good old messy church mess. This what I'm here for.

Going to take a break from this and start another book that needs to go back to the library earlier. Something about this is not connecting though. The characters don't really feel fleshed out and the pacing is just....off.

I'm weak at Debra dragging Bob up and down in her memoir and then Sheila coming for round 2 a couple months later. My God. One thing about him, he knows who to choose for sure.

These memoirs really help to confirm this feeling I have lately that the window/ladder of opportunity/progress for Black people is disappearing. Just the amount of ways Sheila was able was make things shake. Cool stuff too. Not impossible in this day and age but definitely harder. Sad.

Her father sounds like a true psycho. They really walking amongst us.

I don't think I actually wanna read this. I'll try a little while longer but with 5 books already waiting for me, this might be DNF food.

No idea what's happening here.

What an infuriating story.

This family is so weak and spineless. I don't even know why I'm surprised.

Okay, I'm intrigued but this book really had me do a deep dive to refresh myself on the writing perspectives. I have reacquainted myself with head jumping. 🙂‍↔️

DNF baby babbyyyy