fictionjenre 's review for:

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

3.0

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It was a good book with a fascinating point of view from a man with a big personality. It's horrific to read what happened, especially as it's non fiction and is rather eye opening. However, the book is far from flawless. It has a rather awkward narrative that continuously pulls the reader from the book by reminding the reader that they are reading a book (by saying things such as "as the reader read in the previous chapters" or "I'll elaborate later in the novel.") It also jumps around quite a bit and lacks a certain amount of detail that really would have allowed this book to make more of an impact.