I’m very interested to hear what you all think of this book! I went in hoping it would be moving, reminiscent of critically acclaimed literature on the subject of slavery. Even as he’s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram’s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known.
Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her-but was gifted with a mysterious power. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. I have read a few slave narratives over the last few years, and I believes this one will definitely be recognized as a part of slave literature for future generations. I assure you, I very much enjoyed this book, and I encourage you to read it as well. Then, of course, just before release the book was added to Oprah’s Book Club, and I couldn’t even try to get in line for an audiobook at my library because they were booked up for almost an entire year! I could just tell it would be spectacular. I went into this novel with very little knowledge, having only seen the author’s name and that the genre is historical fiction with a magical twist. I received a copy of the Water Dancer from Random House through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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