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One Blood

Qwantu Amaru

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Jun 20, 2012 Monique rated it liked it · review of another edition

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The reason that Qwantu Amaru 's One Blood caught my attention was the mention of Louisiana, slavery and curse. I was curious to see where he would go with this. I really want to say that Amaru pulled the plot off. He sort of did. One Blood was unique but there was just too much. There was too much ground to cover and it affected the flow of the overall story. Normally, book liked One Blood (thriller and horror) are easy reads for me, that I speed through and eat up. This time I found myself putt ...more

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Apr 24, 2012 Dierdra McGill rated it did not like it · review of another edition

I actually got a copy of this book to review from Authors Requesting Reviews program and I signed up for this book because it did sound really good! However I just can't finish it! 44% in and I just don't care what happens to anyone in the book, have no connection with anyone at all. I'm not even sure what the plot is even supposed to be!
If you go and read the description of this book I can't find anywhere what this book is even supposed to be truly about. I almost never just stop reading books ...more

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Jun 27, 2012 Jacqui rated it really liked it

I really enjoyed the story, it was different from what I usually read and I enjoyed the change in scenery. The only think that I didn't like was the format of the chapters, how almost every other chapter is a different character and from their point of view. It didn't flow well for me I had to keep track of who was were and what they were doing. I think there were too many first person characters When I read a book I generally place my self into the role of the main character, I couldn't do that ...more

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