It was stunning at times. I did wonder why the author chose to use "g --" & "d---" instead of spelling those words out while she used several idioms of "the N word" straight out. I still struggle with that. I can see where the main character may have made that choice if these had actually been her writings, or maybe I can't?
I seem to remember reading "true life" narratives from writers who were black, and some who were former slaves, written in the 19th century, and the use of the "N-word" was deplorable to them. I got the impression that a person freed from slavery made negative judgements of a white person saying it in similar ways that it is considered to this day. Why wouldn't Lidie have picked up that information before she wrote her narrative? She was so observant of how people used language and how they reacted to different uses of language.
Otherwise, I think I loved every bit of it.