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Book Review of Native Son

Native Son
Native Son
Author: Richard Wright
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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I had to read this book in high school with a teacher who was enamored of it. While she managed to take other books and guide discussion & reading to make them excellent & contextual & useful...this one, not so much. I hated it. I didn't like it reading it on my own, I didn't enjoy the discussions, I got very little out of it. I have no idea why this thing is considered a classic. I am very sad to see it still being assigned--there has to be a better book to fulfill whatever purpose this one is supposed to.