In reading the first sixty pages of the novel, I was immediately interested in the central girl characters. The author's use of narration, descriptive details, and philosophical questions allows me as the reader to enter the story, eager to explore the interior lives and experiences of Aster, Violet, Tansy, Mallow, and Clementine as was well as how their capabilities and lives intersect and flourish through facing challenges.
I found the book cover intriguing. The photographic image of the black young woman across the western rural landscape allows viewers to imagine how she she transgresses physical and psychological boundaries within the settings and unites with her female comrades to liberate themselves from danger. However, since the title of the novel indicates that there are more than one central character, it would be more evocative to include images of other girls which will compliment the title and characters within the novel.
I fell compelled to read the novel because women of color as warriors/ fighters in western landscape is not often explored due to the dominant western narratives which often feature white male fighter and people of color as villains and/or victims of violence.
I found the book cover intriguing. The photographic image of the black young woman across the western rural landscape allows viewers to imagine how she she transgresses physical and psychological boundaries within the settings and unites with her female comrades to liberate themselves from danger. However, since the title of the novel indicates that there are more than one central character, it would be more evocative to include images of other girls which will compliment the title and characters within the novel.
I fell compelled to read the novel because women of color as warriors/ fighters in western landscape is not often explored due to the dominant western narratives which often feature white male fighter and people of color as villains and/or victims of violence.