p200-203 So

I have loved the story so far, but I’m not I’m not feeling the wrap up- it’s going too quickly and too neatly and maybe too optimistically? I felt that Vonetta’s insertions into Cecile’s poem, I Birthed a Nation really messed with the poem as a poem- not so cool. Almost like defacing someone else’s artwork, or appropriating someone else’s words. And it’s not all that optimistic as Delphine didn’t get her compliment from Cecile, who just happens to show up at the rally. Things do have to get tied up but I’m not overly impressed at the moment.