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The Little Known (2010)

by Janice Daugharty(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

098412585X (ISBN13: 9780984125852)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

BelleBooks

review 1: While I like the premise of the book, it has slight echoes of Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis—which I just recently read. Here are the positives: The author uses some great metaphors and some vibrant details (“cerise flowers” especially sticks out since I had to look up “cerise”). The idea of a young boy as a protagonist is interesting, especially one who is as selfless as Knot is.[return][return]My issues with this book are its predictability—we all could see that people would squander the money—and its style. I understand the author was trying to mimic the boy’s own personal style, but the intrusive dialect got in the way of comprehension. For a seamless blending of high and low style, consult Zora Neale Hurston. She integrated the dialec... moret without losing any literary quality. While the idea of Knot being so selfless is intriguing, it saddens me to say I don’t think it’s very believable. In my experience, such selflessness doesn’t come until much older (we’re talking thirties, forties), if ever.[return][return](Note: received the e-book through Early Reviewers)
review 2: This was one of the first free books I loaded onto my "new" kindle (a year ago) and chose it randomly for an extended weekend, finishing it late Sunday evening. ...I was easily pulled into this young boys tumultuous life.. adult-parents leading separate and sketchy lives due to alcohol, drugs and poverty, destructive relationships and racial trauma.... deeply affecting the children "just surviving" around them. I want to know the rest of this young man's story... his future, his successes (which I have no doubt he could rise above his circumstances)...The language was beautiful, rich and truthful.. less

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