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nonfictionfeminist 's review for:
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley
I loved reading a history involving things I'd never been taught. It's so, so important that history classes diversify their subjects!
However, I feel like Haley lost patience in writing this book. The first half details the life of one ancestor, while the second half covered progressively shorter summaries of following generations.
The massive amount of detail missing from the lives of the later generations, as well as historical events like the Civil War, let me to be disappointed with the second half.
I would have enjoyed this novel more of it showed some consistency.
However, I feel like Haley lost patience in writing this book. The first half details the life of one ancestor, while the second half covered progressively shorter summaries of following generations.
The massive amount of detail missing from the lives of the later generations, as well as historical events like the Civil War, let me to be disappointed with the second half.
I would have enjoyed this novel more of it showed some consistency.