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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley
5 stars. I have no idea how to describe just how many emotions this book stirred within me. Best book of 2020 and I doubt I’ll read anything else this year that’s gonna top this for me.
I know the story of Roots because of the television mini series from the 70s. We watched that in History class in high school and I was shook. I wasn’t mature enough yet to appreciate the story so it never occurred to me to pick up the book and I’m glad that I’m now at a point in my life that I can fully appreciate stories like this. I like that it’s about one family and that it spans over generations starting with Kunta Kinte and it ends with the author himself. It’s all so well done.
The writing is brilliant and raw and the way the story is told is bold and in your face with its brutality. I had to put my kindle down a lot and do something else because I would get so angry reading about what the characters went through. I’m incredibly sensitive to stories like this because this shit actually happened and I just get all in my feelings.
Anyways, this is definitely one of my new all time favorites and I’m so happy that I’ve finally read it.
{Challenges completed:
✔YA Buddy Readers’ Corner: Step Back in Time Team Challenge
✔Romance Readers Reading Group: March Monthly Challenge (6 out of 10)
✔For Love of a Book: I Went to the Zoo Challenge
✔For Love of a Book: Hunt the Serial Killer Challenge
✔For Love of a Book: Santa’s Workshop Challenge
✔For Love of a Book: The Bookish Life Challenge
✔For Love of a Book: Women’s History Month Challenge}
I know the story of Roots because of the television mini series from the 70s. We watched that in History class in high school and I was shook. I wasn’t mature enough yet to appreciate the story so it never occurred to me to pick up the book and I’m glad that I’m now at a point in my life that I can fully appreciate stories like this. I like that it’s about one family and that it spans over generations starting with Kunta Kinte and it ends with the author himself. It’s all so well done.
The writing is brilliant and raw and the way the story is told is bold and in your face with its brutality. I had to put my kindle down a lot and do something else because I would get so angry reading about what the characters went through. I’m incredibly sensitive to stories like this because this shit actually happened and I just get all in my feelings.
Anyways, this is definitely one of my new all time favorites and I’m so happy that I’ve finally read it.
{Challenges completed:
✔YA Buddy Readers’ Corner: Step Back in Time Team Challenge
✔Romance Readers Reading Group: March Monthly Challenge (6 out of 10)
✔For Love of a Book: I Went to the Zoo Challenge
✔For Love of a Book: Hunt the Serial Killer Challenge
✔For Love of a Book: Santa’s Workshop Challenge
✔For Love of a Book: The Bookish Life Challenge
✔For Love of a Book: Women’s History Month Challenge}