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berkough's review against another edition
A book I fully intend to go back to. This has been on my "currently reading" list for so long now I just thought it was time to get it off the list until I actually pick it back up.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
The descriptions of things are very matter-of-fact.ayphyx's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Slavery, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence
cancermoononhigh's review against another edition
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
His writing is remarkable. I wanted more. The pain and sorrow he had to endure was awful. Mandatory reading.
charliengo's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely amazing!! Can't recommend this autobiography enough. This is a life worth for everyone to read, because Frederick Douglass is a phenomenal person and writer.
mpietrzak24's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing perspective from such an amazing person in American history! Highly recommend.
dajoyofit's review against another edition
4.0
Where do I begin? How do I begin to organize and prioritize my thoughts and feelings? For one, I could not put this book down. I read this in one day. My heart filled with anger, sorrow, justice, compassion, and determination. There were many poignant moments and times during my reading that I had to pause and take a moment of silence. Its astonishing how relevant to the 21st century so many of his feelings and experiences felt to me. There was a point in his narrative where he spoke of the fears that white men had regarding freed slaves. The fear that free slaves would take over all the jobs of poor whites. A hundred and so years later and we hear this same irrational fear expressed by a certain presidential candidate regarding illegal immigrants of latin/hispanic origins. A hundred + years later and you would think that as a human race we would have risen above the pettiness and irrational fear and prejudice. This was only one of a few parallels I found between the America that Douglas Frederick lived in and the America of 2016.
marajoy's review against another edition
fast-paced
this was my second time reading it for class but it is always an excellent and incredibly affecting read. i have a rule about not rating autobiographies or biographies but if i were to rate this it would be 5 stars for sure.
kyra_thecrownless's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0