Book Review: The Passer, by C. Yvette Spencer

I read the passer because I wanted to read a book by my friend Yvette Spencer.

This woman is an amazing person and support. Although I have never met her in person, I found her through a Facebook group she started where she supports indie-authors. We've known each other for years and she is positive and hard-working. I felt I needed to thank her for everything she's done for me by reading one of her books.

I chose The Passer.

It turned out to be an amazing experience.

The book is about a man who is 1/4th black, but on the outside, he looks white. The story happens in the South while African Americans were still slaves, and since the main character was born to a black woman, he was a slave himself.

He learns to talk like a white person, runs away, and his adventures begin.

It is pretty nerve-wracking, to tell the truth. All the time I kept thinking how someone would recognize him or figure out that he wasn't who he claims he is after he makes up a new persona while pretending to be white.

The story is filled with twists and turns, love, hatred, and good and bad choices. In truth, no matter the color of our skin, or our social status, we all have dreams and fears, and we react to them the best we can. Our protagonist in this book went through a lot and made the choices he thought were the best ones at the time. 

I recommend this book, I really do, although it is a struggle and not everything works like you'd want it to, it's totally worth it.

Kudos to my friend! She is an amazing author. 

Cheers!

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