Good book. Poor narration.

As a life-long Savannahian, I liked the local references and history, which are very accurate. I didn’t like that central character, Jaq has the typical woke point of view of someone who was born in the twenty-first century, then after college, discovered the nineteenth, and became angry that things have stayed the same for so long. She has no knowledge of the 150 years of progress that Savannah has crammed into the last 60 years. But she’ll grow up and see that some day. The Butlers and Lamar’s are certainly no longer admired, the Weeping Time is well-known and often discussed, Savannah certainly remembers her history and has grown to be one of the most progressive cities, with among the best race relations in the South. But Jaq is a character in a novel, and a lot of young people have that view. I hope it’s not the author’s.

I liked the book. But I hated the narration. I recommend reading instead of listening. While some of the actors were good, the ones reading the parts of older white Southerners were terrible. Morgana, Raiford and Betty played exaggerated stereotypes of Southerners. Get some Southern actors next time.