I quit partway through this one

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I loved the premise of this novel and couldn't wait to read it. Historical fiction is my favorite and I read the synopsis of this debut novel and knew I had to get my hands on a copy.

I stopped and started this one so many times, just had such a hard time getting into it. At the halfway point, I gave up for good.

It was hard to follow and I'm not am huge fan of magical realism, so the elements there coupled with other difficulties of jumping timelines (present day versus a long time ago) as well as multiple characters made it difficult for me to track this story and to stay interested.

The topics of slavery and treatment of black people, especially women is one that is important to me and I care about, so I was disappointed to have this one fall flat for me and be a "did not finish". I would be curious if those that stuck with it are glad that they did.