Tavish finished reading The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
”The Ballad of Black Tom” — the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Award finalist and Shirley Jackson …
First off, this book was very engaging throughout. The author clearly mentions the references he has used and what their credibility is, so you know when you should take things with a grain of salt. The time period described in the book is right in the middle of the industrial revolution, and it is really fascinating. This is a time period that I feel has been the setting of much media, but maybe just as a backdrop, imagine England with sooty skies, cold winter, poverty, child labor, factories, etc. think a typical Dickensian novel. It's a common setting for a lot of fiction (because it's a period of much change and also quite an easy setting for pain and tragedy?), yet a new perspective about , and all the negatives that were really innovated in this era (child labor, factories, factory towns, anti-unionization laws, collusion, etc.). This period is not …
