Book guide
Cloudsplitter
The son of John Brown looks back on the family love, fury, and fanaticism behind one of America’s most explosive rebellions.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalPolitical intrigueHistoricalWar storyHistoricalResistanceHistoricalFamily sagaLiteraryFamily sagaLiterarySocial commentary
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About Cloudsplitter
Narrated by Owen Brown, the surviving son of abolitionist John Brown, this historical novel re-creates the years before the Civil War through domestic intimacy, political radicalism, violence, romance, and the devastating costs of belief as slavery tears the country apart.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- gun violence
- racism
- violence
- war
- death
- miscarriage
- racial slurs
- sexual violence
- slavery
- suicidal thoughts
- suicide
- alcohol
