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A review by azadeh
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
3.0
This book was a very detailed account of the life the Garfield family, their ancestors and how they came to be. Stories are complicated, interesting and very painful at times just like life. The book's pace is slow so I'd recommend not reading it after a thriller (which I did) otherwise you have to be patient to get absorbed into the book. The book is 800 pages which equals to about 37 hrs of the audio version. I gave the book 3 stars because it got boring at times and it was hard to listen past those parts. I appreciate that the author did a wonderful job of explaining everything and showing the complicatedness of life but still there were parts that I lost interest.
Reading this book, it becomes very much apparent that racism has existed from a long time ago and from different races against each other and even within one race. I liked when I read the intricacies related to this matter. The confusions and questions that arise in the minds of children were also shown in the book.
There were a few accounts of pedophilia in the book too so please be aware of this when you want to start the book.
Reading this book, it becomes very much apparent that racism has existed from a long time ago and from different races against each other and even within one race. I liked when I read the intricacies related to this matter. The confusions and questions that arise in the minds of children were also shown in the book.
There were a few accounts of pedophilia in the book too so please be aware of this when you want to start the book.