![]() ![]() ![]() I got quite impatient and did not feel empathy or sympathy toward him. ![]() I can only speak for myself as a reader how after a while it felt more tedious than compelling. I understand that all of these are based on real events, family stories, and Malcolm’s own words. The refrain of “Just a n****r” is both chilling and makes my blood boil! And one cannot easily forget his witnessing a lynched body and the connection to the song “Strange Fruit.”īut then… we have 200 pages more of Malcolm engaged in various illegal activities, and continuously excusing himself because of his sorrowful past, family situation, societal reality, etc. His slow realization of his “place” in the world saddened me. I was moved by Red’s emotional ties to his mother and siblings I was convinced that he would find justification of he must steal. I found the beginning of the narrative strong and powerful. So I feel like walking on thin ice to say that I didn’t find the novel or the protagonist quite compelling all the way through. ![]() They cite the energy in the narrative, the honesty in the young man’s anger, and the eventual growth and redemption of this lost soul. So many of my esteemed colleagues have reviewed this book extremely favorably and some of them told me exactly why they love this book. X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz & Kekla Magoon ![]()
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