As per usual, I’m going to go against the crowd here and say, I enjoyed this, the sequel to Lovecraft Country much more than the original.
While I enjoyed the first one very much, it was the separated, yet linked story aspect that didn’t seem to work that much for me.
This one however? While the various stories are largely separate still, they’re more interlinked? Not sure if that’s it. But overall, this feels more like a cohesive novel. I love the magic, I love the devices, I love the characters.
And despite the rage and anger it elicits, I love the way Ruff shows the constant, almost-unconscious way most whites just looked at, and treated the blacks as second class citizens.
The best fiction holds up a mirror to reality so we can view it through a different lens. This one does so extremely well.
My complaint, much like the first one, is that I really wish there was more of a connection to Lovecraft. But just a good, rich, satisfying read.
