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Title: Death Day lacks any depth.
Review: This book is a pitiful excuse for an alien invasion story that hinges heavily on race; that of the humans and the aliens, who are just as stratified,race minded and backwards as 1875 America(reconstruction era).I only have one thing to say: Mr. Dietz lacks any and all knowledge of race issues in America, unless he is dealing with white racist--which was shallow at best. I found the lack of African-American conflict in: 1) becoming slaves (again!!) and 2) becoming overseers, as a profound white-washing (at best) or an intentional oversight (like a lazy student with a forced term paper) into the true effects of slavery on a culture...AND a country.I recommend using this book to hold up the end of a wobbly table because nothing else--the plot, characters, or the pitiful attempt to deal with the race issue--can stand up under the conscious eye of the reader.
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