• “It shows the hatred that was around at the time for slaves, slave owners, blacks and whites - but misses that real passion and understanding of the time, because it was written much later” – Dannii
• “the serious stuff seemed a little forced and calm to be how such a situation would play out.” – Dannii
• “Rhys shows that the movement of the West Indians has not been a progression from colonialism to a racial-political independence, but rather from one form of slavery to another” – Laura Fish |
• "there is always another side, always". – Jean Rhys