Race and the American novel part 2

Stacy Halida

Reader Response

 

            From reading some responses on Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com  that people wrote about the book Beloved, I would have to agree mostly with what they wrote. Most of the comments were that it was a very deep book, and that you had to think very hard about it at some points. Others said that it was very easy to follow and that they didn’t want to put it down. Another comment stated that it was a book about a haunted mother/daughter relationship. They said that it was very interesting that the mother would kill her own child for her own well-being.

I agree with most of this information that the people posted. I do feel that the book was very confusing at times, but it was very interesting. I was very helpful that we had class discussions on the book to make sure I understood was I read. It was also very interesting to see the other points of view that people had for the book. It helped a lot that we had deep discussions of this book in class, otherwise I may have been a little lost as to what was going on.
            I agree with that the book was hard to understand at times and that it was a haunted story about a mother/daughter relationship. But, I don’t agree with the comment that stated that it was easy to follow because it wasn’t easy for me to follow it. Overall I enjoyed the book.