Rated of 5
by Davis All Over But The Shoutin'...a book of admiration
I am currently reading this book in my World Literature class. My friends were "forced" to read it before me and 95% of them despied it because of it's "monotony" and "sarcasam". I have not yet found monotony, however they were quite correct: he is extremely sarcastic. I like his writing style and his admiration and love for his mother. This book shows that any person, no matter their background, can come out on top and be sucessful. It also gives hope to all the women who are in abusive relationships that one day you may be able to escape it. Even though i am still in the process of reading I think this book is wonderful!
Rated of 5
by Amanda
I liked this book for the most part. some parts of it i couldn't take my eyes off. there were also some parts that i couldn't keep up with because of the jumping around the writer does.
Rated of 5
by sara
i think that this book was really bad because he whined throughout the whole book about how bad his life was when he could of done something about it. he made the situation worse than it actually was. i mean he had a car unlike most teenagers he was good at sports he just didnt take advantage of his opportunities
Rated of 5
by Walter from La.
This is truly a great book. Bragg captured perfectly the white South of the 1960s, 70s and 80s (I know because I was there). I have two criticisms of the book: (1) it would have been better had it been more chronological, and (2) it was the Haitian military and its puppetmasters in Washington who brought back misery to the Haitian people in the 1990s, not Jean-Bertrand Arisitide or his party. Unknown's criticism that Bragg ignored people of color is way off the mark. Southern racism is condemned throughout the book. But Bragg goes further and makes us confront class, which Americans are notoriously uncomfortable with discussing. Bragg can rightfully claim a place with Faulkner, Welty and Williams.
Rated of 5
by smiley
didn't like the book at first...but it go interesting...i love the ending of the book though!!!!
Rated of 5
by me
First of all, it's unfortunate that the reader that left the "Unknown" message obviously did not read the book very well because he wrote plenty about the suffering of the colored, not that the book is even about that, but if that is all you can think about, RACE, then that's your opinion.
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