I read THE KNOWN WORLD for the April 2015 "Pulitzer Theme" challenge in my online book club, The Reading Cove.
I thought it was somewhat engaging initially. Freed black people who owned their own slaves is a most interesting premise; but aside from a few moments of engaging snippets, the narrative style was too rambling and meandering, with too many random-ish characters thrown in to hold my interest. So I found much of this story skimmable.
I give the premise a B+, but the execution? C-.
I thought it was somewhat engaging initially. Freed black people who owned their own slaves is a most interesting premise; but aside from a few moments of engaging snippets, the narrative style was too rambling and meandering, with too many random-ish characters thrown in to hold my interest. So I found much of this story skimmable.
I give the premise a B+, but the execution? C-.
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