2.24.2011

9. Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano

Now this novel is for my English class and all the books were reading in class are non-fiction.

When I started this book I was not in the mood to read non-fiction. I wanted a fictional story with characters that I could be caught up with. So this added to the reason why I did not particularly enjoy this novel.

It’s hard to follow and it takes time to understand what he's discussing.

It’s a slave narrative and Cugoano was an Afro-british writer and wrote when there were a couple of other Afro-British writers in the time he is one of the less famous writers.

The book is filled with history and it gives you a really good picture of what the times were like. But if you’re not in the mood to read non-fiction I wouldn't suggest it because you'll just end up being lost and not understanding what Cugoano is discussing. So because of this I give it one checkmark because of the historical importance and how he wrote his arguments. And one x because like I said it’s a hard book to read and it’s not for everyone.

Read because you love it and not just for the sake of reading (This is me trying to get all philosophical :))

bye.

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