Review: Not credible
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2013
This story and its characters totally lacks credibility. It shows poor historical research and understanding on the facts of slavery in 1842. What supposedly happened in the story line, simply would not have occured in reality. In fact, quite the opposite would have been true. eg.John quotes a newspaper article that said he had impregnated a poor low life slave girl and, by doing so, had placed disgrace and shame on the entire state of North Carolina, and whites in general. That he should be henceforth treated as an outcast. In short...this book is at first draft stage. It needs a lot of work and a plot change. I don't hate it, and I read it all, so I gave it two stars. However, if you are learning to write, then I would highly recommend reading this book. It highlights errors in writing eg. use of adverbs, telling rather than showing. I learnt a lot from reading Rita.