illegible_scribble
4/19/2021
This book is really well-researched, and the mystery of it is intriguing. But it has two major flaws: it completely fails to engage with black people and slavery... you know, the actual cause of the Civil War?
And it ends with...
READ THIS BOOK AT YOUR OWN RISK, BECAUSE THE ENDING IS SHITTY. It made me so angry.
(STOP NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED)
He lets someone who he knows is dying of a heart condition just walk off instead of getting her to a hospital for help. WTF. This is just unbelievable. And so she dies.