Native Son

I felt that this was a very good book; definitely will keep you on edge to the very end. Tells about a black man in a very compromising situation and the measures he takes to protect his secrets.

So good, everyone should read this book.

Provocative time capsule, but Part III is more like a sermon than a story.

This is the only book that has ever made me cry. Amazing, heart-breaking and the symbolism is discreet and in-your-face at the same time.

I had a very difficult time getting through this book, since it is virtually impossible to relate, even a tiny bit, to the main character. Every time I read, I walked away in a bad mood. I was relieved that toward the end of the book I began to feel a human side of the main character, but glad I am done!

While only about a third of the way through I can honestly say that this book is a true page turner. A little more gruesome than I expected but I look forward to seeing how it ends.

I'm sure this is a great classic read-but it disturbed me in the first few chapters-so I quit reading-may pick up again later-but I doubt it. I mean it REALLY disturbed me!

This too is a book from a specific time in my life that probably changed me completely. Each time I began to read it, in my room, I played the Beatles "Rarities" album. I still associate the horror and injustice and misunderstanding of this book with that music, which was a little "off" too.

Hard to read.