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A review by gloechic
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
2.0
I'll probably be lambasted for saying that I didn't really care for this book, but it was so "preachy" to me that I almost couldn't finish it, and I know I skipped over a lot of those long-winded paragraphs. Despite knowing that this book was written during times of slavery and knowing that it was meant to influence Americans to abolish the practice, I didn't like the propaganda feel of it.
That set aside, I did not like the style in which it was written; I felt like the narrator told the story with too many asides to the audience. There also was that whole middle of the book where she simply dropped the storyline of George and Eliza, only to come back at the very end to wrap things up all nice and neat.
At the time I'm sure this was a very necessary and influential book. However, for me, in this day and age, I feel there are much better books out there portraying the life and times of America and her slaves during the time of slavery. The only reason I give this book 2 stars instead of one is because it is the only book so far that I have run across that describes how the Northern free states were also responsible for the plight of slaves by being racist, refusing to educate those who came for refuge, and for not speaking up sooner on behalf of the African-Americans as human beings.
That set aside, I did not like the style in which it was written; I felt like the narrator told the story with too many asides to the audience. There also was that whole middle of the book where she simply dropped the storyline of George and Eliza, only to come back at the very end to wrap things up all nice and neat.
At the time I'm sure this was a very necessary and influential book. However, for me, in this day and age, I feel there are much better books out there portraying the life and times of America and her slaves during the time of slavery. The only reason I give this book 2 stars instead of one is because it is the only book so far that I have run across that describes how the Northern free states were also responsible for the plight of slaves by being racist, refusing to educate those who came for refuge, and for not speaking up sooner on behalf of the African-Americans as human beings.