A review by bhnmt61
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

5.0

This isn’t always an easy read, both because there are some difficult and horrifying stories, and also because there are a couple of sections that get a bit tedious. But there are also sections that fly by because they are so interesting. It’s about a day (maybe two? I lost track) in the home of a deacon of a Harlem Pentecostal church, but there are extensive flashbacks that provide context. It’s brilliant. Sometimes classic books are only worth reading because they are classics, but this one still works. I am always surprised when a man is able to write convincingly from a woman's point of view, but I thought Baldwin was pitch perfect writing the women in this novel. Brilliant.