Overall I found Blonde Roots to be a highly courageous, successful novel, of moments which will make you cry, make you yell, and sometimes, make you laugh.
Tall, blonde, slim and a slave: Doris Scagglethorpe faces the terrors of bondage in the New World – but not as we thought it to be.
I really liked this story, even though at times it is confusing. I liked the way Evaristo altered the names of places today very subtly, yet kept some names traditional i.e. Doris.