![]() ![]() She was able to capture the sensitivity of the characters, the weight of the past, the lightness of the future, and the strength of remembering. The emotions that Rivers conveyed in her writing was astounding. ![]() ![]() I could picture this underwater society with such clarity. What was really great about this book was the vivid imagery. The premise is that the African slaves who were dumped off the side of slave ships gave birth to water-breathing children who then. Review: I found out after reading this book, and after doing a little more research for this review, that this book was inspired by a song written by Daveed Diggs and his band, Clipped. The Deep by Rivers Solomon is absolutely a five-star read. If they are all to survive, they’ll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identity-and own who they really are. Yetu will learn more than she ever expected to about her own past-and about the future of her people. The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes is captivating and thought-provoking, in the story readers are introduced to an underwater world plagued with horrific historical events intertwined with mysticism. ![]() And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities-and discovers a world her people left behind long ago. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. ![]()
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