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Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 11, 2000
Pros: Nice characerization and plot. Would make an interesting movie
Cons: WAY too descriptive with people's bodily reactions, or at least enough to where I could "imagine" them and didn't want to (like a cheesy odor seeping out of somebody), occasional dragging, and this is very minor, but the main character was suppos
Summary: "Middle Passage" is an odd book, that almost runs like two stories combined. The first half deals with the lead character, Rutherford Calhoun, who is a thief and a criminal. Rutherford is also Black, and while that would not matter nowadays, it ... read more
