RaveLos Angeles TimesKars is transparent about the problematic nature of the testimonies, in which captured rebels were asked by a trio of hostile plantation owners about what transpired during the rebellion ... a sweeping, thoughtful narrative, joining a new wave of books that make visible previously dismissed Black voices ... Particularly fascinating to me were the stories on the edges of the conflict ... What Kars does so well is tell this story in such a way that all the facts are in place, but many more stories might be imagined. Coffij emerges as the brilliant, tragic hero of a lost legend that happens to be true.
