SOMEONE KNOWS MY NAME was the July 2013 pick in my online book club The Reading Cove.
This is an epic story, with great emotional depth. Aminata Diallo's story is filled with heartache, but keeps you rivited as she is kidnapped, branded, thrown on a slave ship to South Carolina, then ends up in New York, Nova Scotia, Sierra Leone, and finally England.
Although this is a fictional slave narrative, I think real voices come alive through it. Those who really did live this experience are heard and felt through Aminata's journey. I weep for them.
While I did feel the book could've been tightened up at the end and come out a good 100 pages shorter, I thoroughly enjoyed this story and look forward to seeing the film when it's released. A-.
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This is an epic story, with great emotional depth. Aminata Diallo's story is filled with heartache, but keeps you rivited as she is kidnapped, branded, thrown on a slave ship to South Carolina, then ends up in New York, Nova Scotia, Sierra Leone, and finally England.
Although this is a fictional slave narrative, I think real voices come alive through it. Those who really did live this experience are heard and felt through Aminata's journey. I weep for them.
While I did feel the book could've been tightened up at the end and come out a good 100 pages shorter, I thoroughly enjoyed this story and look forward to seeing the film when it's released. A-.
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