Giving this book a 2/5 pains me. This is a beautiful work of historical fiction with a fantasy aspect and I thoroughly enjoy that. Lisa handles the aspects of race in early 20th century America with the care of a new born baby. It’s honestly talent to address such heavy controversial topics without diminishing their impact or making it offensive to modern readers. I enjoy these characters so much, even the ones I dislike.
My gripe with this book is honestly it either should have been the ending to the series or it should have been shorter. By the end of the book I didn’t feel like we made enough progress plot wise to justify 800 pages. Also I didn’t like some of the things that happened in the plot.
This started to feel more like a screen play from a director whose trying to draw out seasons by prolonging critical aspects.
I enjoyed my time. But by the end I didn’t feel much reward for my harvest.