A review by 18653681
Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison

4.0

This was not an easy read, but it was a worthy read. Because of the shifting view points, the narrative order, stream of consciousness and dream description, it makes it a hard novel to really understand what is going on. But once you get the hang of it, the story and symbolic meaning comes in full force. This started out as a 2 star, then a 3 star and finally I would say it is more like a 3.5 for me. I wish this was a finished work and maybe it would have been more polished. But overall a beautiful work.