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micaelamariem's review against another edition
3.5
The only reason this is 3 stars and not 4 stars is because animals were hurt in the making of this book and I cannot abide by that.
However, the book was beautifully written, illustrating the racial injustices Wright experienced and fought against (or his friends did, considering this may not be fully autobiographical).
The first part was very compelling, reminiscent of many coming of age tales. The second part wasn’t as interesting because it focused more on politics and Wright’s fall into communism, which had the potential to be interesting, but somewhere fell flat.
Still, if this is a true memoir, it’s really hard to judge and rate it (especially a classic one!) because it’s someone’s life. You can’t say anything about the plot because it actually happened.
I can say the writing and commentary was beautiful and evocative, the themes were strong, and you can tell he had things to say.
But also please don’t hurt animals :(
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Chronic illness, Bullying, Classism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Violence
earthtokb's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Racism
Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Murder, Child abuse, and Chronic illness
Minor: Mental illness, War, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, and Classism
antitypically's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Violence, Animal death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness
Minor: Addiction