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larryanton22's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
lindseymbm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
carlisajc's review against another edition
4.0
JACQUELINE WOODSON AND NON-FICTION REQUIREMENTS.
Brown Girl Dreaming is a free-verse memoir written by Jacqueline Woodson about her life in South Carolina and then Brooklyn as a young, black girl.
This book is beautiful. I've come to realize that I have an affinity for free-verse novels just because of how powerful they can be in such a small amount of words. When you are more limited with your word count, you really have to choose every word carefully. Which word could make the most impact, which word could bring forth right emotion. Everything is considered, and you can see that is Woodson's story.
Memoirs are interesting because it's just a story of certain parts of her life. It's not like a fiction novel where a direct story is told, or a biography where the entire life is laid out. Instead Woodson picks and chooses what she wants her audience to see, thus shaping the experience we have. And it's a great experience. We see how different people have treated her because of her race in many different areas of the country, and even though we might never have experience what she did...we empathize. And that's what makes a great story.
Brown Girl Dreaming is a free-verse memoir written by Jacqueline Woodson about her life in South Carolina and then Brooklyn as a young, black girl.
This book is beautiful. I've come to realize that I have an affinity for free-verse novels just because of how powerful they can be in such a small amount of words. When you are more limited with your word count, you really have to choose every word carefully. Which word could make the most impact, which word could bring forth right emotion. Everything is considered, and you can see that is Woodson's story.
Memoirs are interesting because it's just a story of certain parts of her life. It's not like a fiction novel where a direct story is told, or a biography where the entire life is laid out. Instead Woodson picks and chooses what she wants her audience to see, thus shaping the experience we have. And it's a great experience. We see how different people have treated her because of her race in many different areas of the country, and even though we might never have experience what she did...we empathize. And that's what makes a great story.
rgoodhart's review against another edition
4.0
Beautifully written, this verse novel tells the story of the author’s life. Moving from Ohio to South Carolina, to NYC, it maps the changes in her life as she grows up, providing insight not only into her life but into some of the attitudes and changes she experienced in those societies.
It’s a gentle book, yet doesn’t shy away from some tough themes.
Through it all we see the importance of both place and family in making us the people we are, as well as the author’s growing determination to become a writer.
It’s a gentle book, yet doesn’t shy away from some tough themes.
Through it all we see the importance of both place and family in making us the people we are, as well as the author’s growing determination to become a writer.
coffee_and_oxford_commas's review against another edition
5.0
A beautiful portrait of childhood and how that childhood grows into identity. Inspiring, touching, and motivating (especially as a writer), to go out and make the world a better place.
joslynmyers's review against another edition
2.0
I personally wasn't a huge fan of the writing style, as I'm not a huge fan of poetry, but it was still beautifully written and a wonderful biography!
ttaylorthompson's review against another edition
5.0
I am usually not a fan of books written in poems, but this book was amazing. Really great book.