Confusing and poorly done...
So Josephine is a slave girl who is taking care of her mistress who is an aspiring artist. Lina is a high-power attorney in New York City who is discovering secrets about her family's past. These two stories are tied together by a very thin thread. I don't really care for Lina's story. It is boring and not really that believable. She's a high-power attorney and leaves the mystery of her mother's death to her father who is not speaking about it at all instead of finding the truth out for herself... I mean, come on! I do like Josephine's story, however I think perhaps this should be two separate books as this one turns out to be too long and drawn-out a little over halfway through. This book is completely overwritten and way too oversaturated with inconsequential details. Then again there's not enough detail where it counts. There is almost no mention of actual skin color in a book about reparations and slavery. It's almost like the author is purposefully skating around the descriptions of people. There is a definite sign that this book was not edited or not edited properly as there is a complete and total over use of commas everywhere throughout the book. Like, we may, want to give, the author, an award, for this, it is, so bad! 😂 I think the books premise is a great idea but in reality it was executed very poorly. I have to admit I didn't really enjoy this book and I ended up skimming less than halfway through it and almost didn't make it to the end. But if I didn't make it to the end then I certainly wouldn't get the incredible coincidences that happen by pure chance 🙄 Again, not very realistic at all. Can't say I will be recommending this book.
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