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Summary: Quite slow... very boring
Review: I read this for school over the summer. I never got into it. I think each part of the book was too short for you to really get to know the character. But the idea of having a story of the generations of family was a good idea.
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Summary: The Glory Field
Review: I really thought this book really was a good book. The author did a great job writing this book. I really afelt by his writing what African Americans had to go through. It was a really sad story and I almost cried. I still you should have to read this book because this book rocks.
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Summary: The story of a family through six teenagers' views and ideas
Review: I think that this was a wounderful book about the troubles and triumphs of a family struggling for freedom, hope, and glory. Told through the eyes of six lively teenagers, this story streches from a young boy traveling from Africa as a slave to a boy trying to get his addicted-to-crack cousin to a family reunion in South Carolina. I loved it because it had a historical point of view AND it taught lessons for life.
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Summary: The Glory Field
Review: I think this book "The Glory Field", was okay. There were some things I didn't understand about the book, but there were some interesting parts in the book, for example they talked about slave's daily life. I think that was interesting. It was cool about how the author had describe to us about the suffering the African Americans had because it is like we can really experienced what it feels like. They wanted so much to be free that they will almost do anything. Mostly this book is about racism and about slavery. African Americans are trying to reach their dreams that they always wished for. I think this book would teach everybody the history of the African American people and more about the subject, "slavery". I think whoever reads the "The Glory Field" would really like it if they like to learn about history.
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Summary: My Thought on the GLory Field
Review: I thought that this book was overall a good book. I thought at the beginning it was somewhat confusing when it suddenly switched to a different generation but I caught on. This book was not like many other that I, myself have read but it was very well. The book follows five generations of the Lewis family. In each generation, it focuses on one teenager's life. It follows these generations over a 250-time period, from Africa to South Carolina. It shows that teenagers struggle at that time in the world and what they grow through being an African-American in America. It shows how much it was change since the generation before them. I think that the thing that did not make this book a perfect five stars was that u did not really get to know each generations teenager. You did not get to know everything about them and their life's, but it was enough to understand what was happening. I think that the book was really well overall and that it was great book to read.
I think that this book is a great book for African-Americans trying to maybe get a little taste of what it was like before their generation. I also think it is a great book for those trying to learn more about the African-American culture. In my conclusion, I will also say that this is a great reading pick.
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Summary: Very Good
Review: I thought this book was very well written. It helped me understand stand how times were for African American people not just during slavery or in the sixties. I reccomend this book to any one who enjoys reading.
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Summary: Simply not my type
Review: I very much enjoy books that deal with ethnicity and self-discovery. And I'm beginning to enjoy American history at least a little (world history has always held my attention; the United States only has 200 years to work with, see what I mean?). I could find, however, nothing incredible or amazing about this book. It is typical. Some scenes are mediocre, some are less than mediocre, very few truly caught my interest. Myers' gift (which probably isn't nonexistent, since "Fallen Angels" is quite popular) manifests in the areas of this book that are broad and well-known. I could have written a book of this ilk. All I would have needed to know would be something about slavery, something about the Great Depression. And that's all. "The Glory Field" seemed to lack detail, and another element which I can't quite put my finger on, but must have something to do with making the novel fall together, into one cohesive tale (with many strands woven into it, characterized by the many family members). Ahhhh...characterized, huh? Well, I could not relate to any of the characters in this book -- I was forced to stretch the truth at school, when on a daily quiz the teacher asked, "Which character could you most relate to?" I answered Lizzy. I lied. My history teacher, a very well-read woman who makes everything fall into place, makes everything interesting, once showed us a video on American slavery. It truly was painful to watch. It showed slaves, men and women, scarred, children with faces mature beyond their years. If "The Glory Field" had handled some of these grisly elements -- perhaps not physically, since this is, after all an 8th grade book (and people seem to think my kind are stupid, immature, and can't take reality as it comes), but mentally (Lizzy was there, Lizzy did this, but did Lizzy really think much running away, besides, "I am afraid. But I am elated because I will be free" or about Lem's death and her subsequet marriage to Lem's brother Richard, or about Miss Julia's pampering -- (while Lizzy was thinking about flouncing about Johnson City in white gowns I kept thinking about her being slapped by Miss Julia on one occasion) -- , etc, etc). Mohammad Bilal's role, also, was not expanded upon. This was somewhat of a relief (I still remember the incredibly boring 6th grade book "Amos Fortune: Free Man"), but later, a disappointment. Where were the people, behind the cardboard cuttout images of American cliches? The slips in years would have been more tolerable if they characters were realistic, more poignant if the characters were likable (forget realism, then, let's go for liking 'em, Mr. Myers!). All in all, a passable book... It makes me think, 'Well, if this book got published, I can publish one of my own books, right?' Now, you tell me, is that good or bad? <g>
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Summary: The Glory Field
Review: I wasn't really interested in this book when I first started reading it but then it got pretty interesting. Not really but yeah. It's about an African man who was captured and turned into a slave. The new generations of his family are slaves for this white family who is mean to them except for this one girl who is like 17 years old who is nice to the 13 year old girl in the family.
There are about 9+ generations of this family who are in this book but only has 6 different parts of the story that cover different times and at different places. It takes a while to read though since it's like 375 pages. This is the Lewis family. They are nice and caring people who aren't harmful and are either city folk or people from the farm. They spend a lot of time working on the farm.
Every different section of this story is a whole different story but about the same family. For instance, the first section is about an 11 year old African boy called Muhammad Bilal and when he was captured. The second is about when the Lewis family was working on a farm and doing everything they were told cleaning up, cooking, planting, etc.
Some parts of this book are interesting and some are not. There's a lot of conversations and talking going on in this story and the people are either treated nicely or they aren't. Even if you don't like stories that are talking about history you might want to read this story. That's all I have to say.
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Summary: It's about a generation of a black family though slavery.
Review: It is about a generation of a black family starting from slavery till now. They talk about their good times and bad times in each generation. It is a good book.
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Summary: Thanks Mom!
Review: It was my mom that suggested I read this and boy oh boy I'm glad she did! Myers goes from generation to generation talking about this one black family--all the way from when they got off the slave ship in the south to living in New York in 1994. When I first picked up the giant book, I just knew it would be boring. But once I read the first chapter, I just knew it would be interesting. There area a lot of powerful things in this book and the language is strong (but not in a provocative way) so, I advise only mature readers to read this.
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