Roots
by Alex Haley
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Author: Alex HaleyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1976-09-17
ISBN: 0385037872
Number of pages: 688
Publisher: Doubleday
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Book Review: A Book Everyone should Read
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a book that every parent should have their kids read. It is a historical book that captures an atrocity commited against human beings. Considering how many decades of cruelty was commited, it is amazing to see that history books have not even attempted to capture one of the darkest moments of humanity like Haley has managed to do.
Haley is an excellent author and the story is very strong. I was not able to put the book down and felt what the characters in the book might be going through. This book brings out so many emotions and illustrates how selfish, greedy, cruel we can be towards our own kind.
I am not an African American, but that is the beauty of this book. To understand it and embrace it all you have to be is a human being.
The ultimate question/feeling, the book left me wondering was, how could one person do such things to another person? In order for such a mistake not to take place again in the future, this book should be a required reading for all future generations. It is a book that this generation and generations to come should really learn from.
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