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rhays40's review against another edition
5.0
I read this slowly, a little at a time. It's devastating.
carlyque's review against another edition
5.0
I wanted to like this more--I love speculation within historical research essays, but perhaps I'm now tired of it. But went back to the beginning and got stopped cold. It is a quirky, painful book, a reckoning with the horrors of racism, and ultimately deeply personal, and so it sticks. Perhaps read Kaplan's the Interpreter too.
iamlorna's review against another edition
5.0
It answered many of my questions about both executions. It included great insight. I’m grateful for this book.
paperback's review against another edition
3.0
Utterly heart wrenching. Stream of conscious isn’t usually something that I enjoy, but the way Wideman weaves his own memoir in with the history of Louis and Emmett Till is mesmerizing.
ma1's review against another edition
Disappointing. I should have guessed by the title that this is a literary work and not a work of investigative journalism. It was poetic, beautifully written, but not what I wanted it to be.
missnicelady's review against another edition
This wasn't at all what I was expecting, and I just couldn't get into it. Alas.
astukes_close's review against another edition
3.0
Experimental non-fiction...is that a genre? This narrative was a bit of fiction, non-fiction, autobiography all mixed together. The structure was a bit too loose (read: confusing) for me in some sections but I was so intrigued by the storyline that I'm glad I stuck with it.