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nicoleankenmann 's review for:
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley
Audiobook: 30h.8m.
Like The Book of Negroes, reading this book has expanded my worldview and provided a great many things to think about re: class distinctions and historical race relations. Roots is a long book that I will ponder long. It's a book to sit with; it's a story that requires time to saturate. I have learned from the time I have spent between its covers, and that was (explicitly) the purpose of the book.
There is a dramatic shift of narration style and tone near the end of the book, transforming from the saga (fictionalized storytelling / creative non-fiction) to a sort of documentary, or "making of" conclusion. I think it would serve the story well to have a formal division just before Chapter 118, at which point the author enters the book as its primary subject. The final chapters of the book could even work as an appendix or afterword, and I suggest reading them as such.
Like The Book of Negroes, reading this book has expanded my worldview and provided a great many things to think about re: class distinctions and historical race relations. Roots is a long book that I will ponder long. It's a book to sit with; it's a story that requires time to saturate. I have learned from the time I have spent between its covers, and that was (explicitly) the purpose of the book.
There is a dramatic shift of narration style and tone near the end of the book, transforming from the saga (fictionalized storytelling / creative non-fiction) to a sort of documentary, or "making of" conclusion. I think it would serve the story well to have a formal division just before Chapter 118, at which point the author enters the book as its primary subject. The final chapters of the book could even work as an appendix or afterword, and I suggest reading them as such.