Sanford Greene

This book is all over the place. That doesn’t make it bad it just makes it a little hard to follow. I am glad I did not have to wait a super long time between reading book one and book two because I would have been lost. Part of the thing that gets you lost is the time periods and the various dates. There are also multiple storylines and they’re all going to come together. Quick reminder bitterroot is the formula or the medicine to charge to Jingou back in to a human. A jingou is a person so full of hate that they become a monster, usually white people and their hatred and aggression towards Black people. This book takes place in Harlem, and in Tulsa during the massacre, and in Georgia where race problems were rampant. However, in book 2 we are introduced to a new type of monster made of grief. Just like the first book I do really like this book but don’t quite love it. The only reason I don’t love it if I’m still trying to figure out where the story is going. In the story a hole between heaven and hell (purgatory with a different name). A monster/demon full of evil has come through trying to wreak havoc. As far as I know there’s only one more book so we’ll see how it concludes and hopefully it wraps up with an understandable finish.… (more)

This book was simply amazing. It is an extremely alternative history of the Harlem Renascence. In this world, people with a corrupted soul become these monsters that must be killed or must be cured. And being it’s the 1920’s and his is Harlem and most of the monsters were people who believed in lynching and segregation. But there is one family that is the best at making their bitter root brew that can save someone from this life. They work with the police and everything, because they want a better world. On its own, the story is amazing, and the artwork is so detailed. But add historical reference I knew nothing about, and I was googling “red summer”, 1919 deaths etc. This book, a historical fantasy about monster killing, read this reader down a research hole to learn about things not taught in schools. It makes the reader curious, and eager to learn more and only the best books can do that.

If you liked Ring Shout - then you would probably like this book.… (more)