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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Finally reading all the light we cannot see.  I don't usually like historical fiction, but I like it so far.[/quote]

Oh I loved that book! Can I ask why you don't like historical fiction? I've found that I really enjoy it because I feel like I am learning while still reading something "easy" (i.e. doesn't feel like a textbook).[/quote]

I don't really like history in general.  As a person of color, historical fiction doesn't usually feel relevant to my experience.[/quote]

Thanks for responding. In high school and college I mostly hated my history classes and I think it was because I had a hard time imagining what I was learning about because I had no frame of reference (I had never been to Europe, for example, so learning about WWII battle sites was not fun). I enjoy learning things about places I've been but I've also discovered that historical fiction can make learning fun because it's written in an easily digestible way. I don't feel like many historical fictions I've read were relevant to my experience because I have no reference point for Elizabethan times, for example, but I can appreciate that you're saying that's possibly because the characters are White like me so I just never consciously or unconsciously questioned it. I do also enjoy books about non-White experiences, but I suppose it's impossible for me to say one way or the other whether they feel relevant because they have an element of Whiteness about them even if they take place in India, for example, and consist of entirely Indian characters. Anyway, interesting perspective, and thanks for sharing.[/quote]

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