![]() ![]() Compared to his no-nonsense tone, some of Brooks’s scenes are shallow, seemingly more about showing off her lyrical tone. ![]() He didn’t write these scenes with fancy language because these moments don’t need dressing up. While both March and The Underground Railroad feature slavery, the difference in how this topic is handled by their respective authors makes March almost unreadable by comparison. As best I can explain it, Whitehead’s scenes of beatings and whippings are visceral, disturbing, and hard to shake. Here’s the thing: If I had kept with March at the beginning of the summer, I might have liked it more. I then read a couple other books, picked up The Underground Railroad ( review here), then The Nickel Boys, also by Colson Whitehead, and returned to March. I read the opening chapter and decided it would be a quick read, maybe something best set aside for August. March was the first book I picked up this summer. ![]() It was an uphill battle to enjoy this book on account of how much I dislike Little Women. It answers questions about what he did while away from his family and how he met/married Marmee. March, the absent father in Little Women, who serves in the Union Army during the U.S. March by Geraldine Brooks gives a personality to Mr. ![]()
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