Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Soul on Ice
Book Review: Sad, Revolutionary, and Incindiary at the same time,
Summary: 2 Stars
Mr. Cleaver wrote a semiautobiography about how society sets itself up along racial and gender lines. Raping women is reprehensible and evil and it doesn't help solve the racial/gender problem. It excabates it. Challenging the racist/sexist society by making alliances with people whom he considered to be his enemies will solve most of the problem. He should have shown love for his fellow man/woman. Didn't Jesus tell people to love your enemies, not hating and violating them? Later on in life, his views have changed for the better.Book Review: Soul should have REMAINED on ice!
Summary: 2 Stars
Come off it! Eldridge Cleaver is just another criminal rapist who thinks he got smart in Prison. This book is so bad! It's supposed to be iconoclastic and insightful but it's really just a showcase for the extensive lexicon that Cleaver has. Serously, though, this book reads like that In Living Color skit where those dudes pontificate while they misoginate because they're ingrates and who cares what they ate! So if you are in for hearing how the Man has repressed his human brother for 400 years with a liberal sprinkling of .50 cent words then this book is for you. And there's really only one good essay dealing with prison life (the rest is junk, bunk, no GOOD). If you want to read the real deal forget this book and check out something by Donald Goines or Iceberg Slim.Book Review: Stands the test of time
Summary: 5 Stars
I've spent the last thirty-two years being reminded of the brutal honesty and truth of much of this classical work on race, sex, and poverty by Eldridge Cleaver. I was honestly shocked by some of the sexual/racial ideas it contains the first time I read it in 1968, and decided to try it again to see if my present understanding of and assumptions about America now render this work moot- or affirm it.Not surprisingly, as much as I'd like to confirm or refute this work, the jury still won't come in and remains out. You should read this book if you've thought deeply about the "why" of our race problem in America, our prison problem in America, or the psychology of gender. You really owe this one to your real-world educational and intellectual development, whether you agree with it, or like it, or not. It will challenge, frustrate, and in the end, inspire you to look deeper. Great achievement; makes you wonder what extraordinary things never surfaced from inside this man's mind.
A must-read from the 20th century.
Book Review: TELL IT LIKE IT IS!
Summary: 5 Stars
I AM A YOUNG MEXICAN, AND I AM AMAZED THAT AFTER 30+ YEARS THIS BOOK IS VERY INFORMATIVE! AND SHOULD BE READ BY ALL OF OUR YOUTH TODAY! HE TELLS THE FACTS! HOW MANY OF US HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO SIT BACK AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT AMERIKKKA! THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN! A NOT THE ONE YOU THINK YOU LIVE IN! I LOVE THIS BOOK!Book Review: The Man Within
Summary: 4 Stars
This books gives a powerful look at the man within. While reading this memoir, I was engaged, repulsed, seeking further understanding, and more. So many emotions were brought forth. Eldridge Cleaver provided us with insight to the soul of a complex man during a time of turmoil. While I may not have agreed with some of the things he had to share, I appreciated being able to look at social issues during that time period from his perspective. It's harsh, it's gripping, and it was his reality. Cleaver conveyed his feelings and views of society with such clarity and emotion that it certainly allows you to step inside of his mind and see from his perspective how it was to be black at that time...whether you agree or not, it certainly provokes reflection.