This story is exactly what I expect from Bob the Drag Queen. An intentive and humurous concept: what if your ancestor came back and saw you today? Would she be proud with what you've done with your freedom?

Bob the Drag Queen rejects religion and deifies Harriet Tubman. The church becomes a music studio---writing becomes devotion---and here, Darnell awaits acceptance and forgiveness. It makes so much sense for a queer person to seek acceptance from a historical figure who fought for liberation than a God used as a tool for the subjugation and torture of his people. Bob the Drag Queen's humor is perfectly suited for such a gorgeous concept but felt lacking when unable to deal with its more complex themes.

The book has a direct voice which is perfectly suited for the audiobook, like I'm listening to a four hour monologue. But in book, this voice feels restrictive, like I find myself questioning if I would enjoy it if I just read it. The book's voice doesn't dive too deeply into its ideas, it doesn't allow the reader to form a connection with the world---it simply tells a story and I did enjoy its tale. Should Bob the Drag Queen decide to come back and revisit this world, I would gladly step in line to read more. A short book with a magnificent concept, I wish I could be in it more.

This book shows Bob the Drag Queen and his identity as a whole. He advocates for more knowledge on black and queer history. It is always a treat to listen to him. However, I do not think he is skilled enough in narrating novels yet. I couldnt immerse myself completely.

The concept of historical figures in the modern world is interesting. This is the kind of stuff that I loved consuming when I was younger (pretty much isekai but time-based instead of it being universe-based). However I do not think the high level view of the plot was thought through enough? Certain scenes in the book were great but it wasnt consistent. It felt like the writing overall wasn't consistent? It was also very US-centric (not really a surprise) which has its strengths but the discussions on religion felt... yeah, not for someone who has a conflicting view on religion and views religion as more than Christianity. Christianity is really at the forefront at this discussion here (I assume that that's what majority of black Americans were believers of back then).

What really popped out for me though is the theme of the pressure of living your best self (or how your upbringing defined your best self) because your ancestors sacrificed so much for you to be your most authentic version now. That was something similar in both sides of Darnell's identity.

I think I'd highly prefer this as a musical or a play. It felt like the book has a lot of a theatrics. A stage production could even hide the awkward narration at times (crumbs going somewhere) and amp up the large personalities the book has. Still this was a fun listen. Bob was speaking so fast lol and I still learned a lot (as someone who is not black and not American).