Tom Avery
Autore di My Brother's Shadow
Sull'Autore
Tom Avery is one of the brightest stars among the new generation of young explorers. As one of only forty-one people in history to have reached both the North and South Poles on foot and a veteran of over a dozen mountain and polar expeditions, Tom holds several exploration world records and is mostra altro listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for leading "the fastest surface journey to the North Pole." He lives in Wimbledon, England. mostra meno
Opere di Tom Avery
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1975-12-17
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Utenti
- 175
- Popolarità
- #122,547
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 9
- ISBN
- 30
- Lingue
- 1
Trigger warnings: Physical assault and injury, blood depiction, disappearance of a parent, hostage situation
Score: Five points out of ten.
Note that I got this book and now I own it.
I'm sorry to say this, but I'm disappointed. The author wrote a book about Black people even though he's not Black. I've seen too many novels where the author doesn't match up with the characters and that frustrates me (even more so considering the preceding one won a Diverse Voices Award. Really?) I picked this one since it was part of a library giveaway and afterwards, I finally read it. When I finished the story, it was only okay and could've been better, considering a Black author would do a better job on this concept. In Too Deep is inaccurate at best, and blackface and cultural appropriation at worst.
It starts with two characters, Prince and Emmanuel, whose last names I don't know, living in England until they discover their mother tried to search for them for four years. The plot thickens when Prince and Em also receive information that their father is held hostage in Tanzania so they strategise to rescue and return him to England. Did I mention this narrative is non-linear? It jumps around in terms of time sometimes. Here's where the flaws surface: the characters missed the mark as in other pieces of literature like this. Is it me or some authors can't make me relate or connect to their characters. I can't judge how accurate the descriptions of places in Africa are but considering my statement about the author, I don't think it's reliable.
Prince and Em resort to stealing to achieve their goal but that decision made me question their morality and made me ask: have they done this before? I haven't read the first instalment, Too Much Trouble, and no library I know of has that title, so I'll never know. To conclude, Prince and Em reunite with their parents, finishing everything on a high note.… (altro)