Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Soul on Ice
Book Review: Wisdom by any other Name!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an amazing book, and a must read. What is also amazing is how people focus on the fact that it was written by a professed rapist and chauvinist. These very same individuals who would dismiss this book on the basis of the author's shortcomings would have no problem reading about George Washington, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, King David of the Bible, Henry the VIII, and many more that were known rapist, bigots, chauvinist, slavers, kidnappers, and serial murders without batting an eye. They celebrate these criminals and their crimes without shame. This book gives the reader a glimpse into the mind of someone who has gone through his own hell and gained some enlightenment and insight that a wise reader can glean. No one is calling Eldridge Cleaver a saint unlike the people mentioned above that some fools adore without question. Mr. Cleaver is wreckage, but among that wreckage there are gems of hope. He is not promoting rape or chauvinism, but is being more honest and open about how misguided he was in his life. It today's society a pathological liar who refuses to admit guilt is forgiven before a person who acknowledges his crimes. With shallowness being the new deep it is a wonder that people understand the difference between a Dictionary and an Encyclopedia. There are many people who are not mature enough to read this book or maybe damage themselves and cannot see beyond their own hypocrisy.Book Review: a challenging piece of work
Summary: 5 Stars
This autobiography upsetted alot of people, generally people who could not identify with what it was to be a young African American man post-civil rights. Cleaver reveals this to us, exposing even his own faults, the psychological enslavement of African America, and the reality of how it plays out in society. Despite those that believe that this book pertains only to this era are obviously blind to the fact that many of the same issues then exist today. What makes it worse is that many people are unaware of it now, the gimmicks of media and political correctness have only mastered camouflaging it. When I read this book, I cried, not just for my people during that era, but for my own children who will grow up in the same environment but not know it until it is too late. "Dont Believe the Hype!"- Public Enemy, 1987 AD.
Book Review: at least he's honest
Summary: 1 Stars
I'll say this about Eldridge Cleaver. He hates you to your face. He makes no bones about it. He thinks black men going out and raping white women is a good thing. At least with a guy like that you know were you stand.
If the rest of our politicians and so-called leaders were this honest we wouldn't be in the racial mess we're in now.
Book Review: decent writer, bad man...
Summary: 1 Stars
people consider this to be 'in the world of literature' and serious?
cleaver's a misogynistic pig, a racist, and a multiple rapist. that's all you need to know.
Book Review: immaculate
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a must! Whoever does not understand it, needs to read the book again, his words are poetic and revolutionary. Anyone who doubts this book, go back and read it.