![]() ![]() Dead formerly enslaved people telling their stories through visions? A straight horror story, indeed. ![]() On the surface, the novel seems to cram as many cliches into the story, but the parts come together in a way that works. As she returns, the calls from the spirits are stronger, and they have to tell their story after being silenced for so long. That plantation, recreated as a playground to enact the quaint nostalgia of enslavement for the entertainment of white spectators, is the very location Mira was haunted so many years ago. When the Reckoning Comes is about Mira, a Black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding. ![]() With the spirit of Get Out and the air of the cringey, contemporary, not-so-subtle racism, this book uses the power of memories and generational trauma to tell us a truly scary story. When the Reckoning Comes by Latanya McQueen is not just another book about enslaved people. ![]()
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