Roots

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Summary: The author is Alex Haley.... the great book is ROOTS!
Review: The epic saga Alex Haley has written reaches deep into heart of history, binding family history with salvery. Kunta Kinte is a superb hero, never giving up his hopes to be free, when at last his decendant, Chicken George, was freed.

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Summary: A masterpiece that you can't put down
Review: This story has shaped my life in ways I never knew would happen. From the deeper understanding of an American culture foreign to me to my deeper understanding of the necessity of rites of passage for our children. This is a must read for every kind-hearted individual to the crudest biggot - it will change a life.

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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: This book was a very good book. I like how it goes all the way back and tells of Kunta's life and how it was for the Mandika tribe. Also the way it was written made me get right into the book and actually feel with the book.

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Summary: Superb novel
Review: An absolutely astounding novel. It hits you like a ton of bricks when you realize the harsh conditions the African Americans had to deal with.

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Summary: A big surprise!
Review: When I started reading this book I wasn't sure if I would like it or not. The first part of the book concentrated on Kunta Kinte's childhood in Africa and while it was interesting I didn't find it particularly exciting. Then Kunta was kidnapped and taken to America where he was sold as a slave, and this where I found I couldn't put the book down! Reading about the conditions on the slave ships and the way they were treated on the plantations was both incredibly sad and horrifying. Everybody should read "Roots" so they can be made aware of this. It must have been a fantastic experience for Alex Haley when he discovered his family history and it makes you wonder who your own ancestors were!

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Summary: What a mind capturing masterpiece!
Review: Last year, when I was only a few weeks into being 12 years old, I had to read this book out of needing to for school, and curiosity of what could be in a book so long. and I was simply amazed. This was and is clearly the best book I have ever read, no.. EXPERIENCED. I was really into this amazing book. I felt that I was actually in the book from the birth of Kunta Kinte to the journey to find the valuble information that was in the previous 400+ pages. I have absolutely no way to describe the greatness of this book, unless you read it for yourself and find out. This is little I could say - This is a simply amazing book from cover to cover. And now... I think I'm going to the library.

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Summary: Should be required reading for everyone
Review: What a masterpiece! Alex Haley should be redeemed as one of the top African-American writters of the century. When I read this book, I felt like I was in Africa with Kunta. His descriptions of the Mother Land are like nothing I'v read before. I think everyone who has the time (and you'll need it!) should consided this book. It will absolutely take you away. This book also inspired me to read "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" another great work. If your an African-American...reading this book will help you want to learn more about your culture, and if your not African-American I think you will probably also want to learn more about the African culture.

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Summary: I thought this book really expressed the struggle of a famil
Review: this book really inspired me, it also opened up a very different side to me about slavery.

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Summary: It has been one of the Most introspective books ever written
Review: I dont know if Alex is alive. If he is, Please Please send him this mail - let him know that this is a book that has been haunting me - making me REALIZE the trauma of extreme racism with a very personal look at it.

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Summary: Incredible Story
Review: When I first started reading this book I did not have an idea of the way it was going to interest me.The way its written and the way the story takes place makes us think about the terrible errors we have made and try to show more respect for other cultures that might not be as developed as others but have more moral and civilized rules.