azu_rikka 's review for:

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

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I don't like that the author makes the Africans speak to each other like they spoke in english (their 2nd or 3rd language), e.g. "the child is like to die, we need a doctor, if only he come". Obviously they wouldn't speak like that in their own language! Also, he had to point out "good Whites", although the book is supposed to be pointing out the racial inequality of the time. I am not willing to read such a patronizing book, even if the author meant well.