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shayneyj 's review for:
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup has been a book I have been wanting to reading for a while now and I honestly don’t know what kept putting me off. Finally getting to this book, I wasn’t prepared for this book and the emotions it was going to pull from me. I knew of the importance of this book, but I was unaware of it’s true importance and what happened, not only within the pages of this book, but with poor Solomon and his life. I honestly was naïve and embarrassed to say that I didn’t realise before going into this book, that this was in fact non-fiction, which is again, why I apricate the importance of reading and educating yourself, or myself in this case.
I sat down and begun this book and I was so shocked and so absorbed in what I was reading and by what was happening within, that this was one of the few books that I actually found myself reading in one sitting. I didn’t look up until I had finished this book, not realising how much time had passed, having been taken back in time and only worried about how and if Solomon was going to become free again.
This is such an important and powerful piece of literature, both for when it was released in history and for people to read and digest in todays society and one that I am glad to have finally have read. The fact that this is told from and by Solomon’s narrative is one of the reasons why this is so important and why this book has become one of my instant favourites. I know that this is going to be a book that is going to be high on my recommendation list, for its writing, for it’s content and for the fact that even in todays society, people still need reminding that everyone is equal and should be treated as so!
I sat down and begun this book and I was so shocked and so absorbed in what I was reading and by what was happening within, that this was one of the few books that I actually found myself reading in one sitting. I didn’t look up until I had finished this book, not realising how much time had passed, having been taken back in time and only worried about how and if Solomon was going to become free again.
This is such an important and powerful piece of literature, both for when it was released in history and for people to read and digest in todays society and one that I am glad to have finally have read. The fact that this is told from and by Solomon’s narrative is one of the reasons why this is so important and why this book has become one of my instant favourites. I know that this is going to be a book that is going to be high on my recommendation list, for its writing, for it’s content and for the fact that even in todays society, people still need reminding that everyone is equal and should be treated as so!