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Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography by Zora Neale Hurston
3 reviews
archiebb's review against another edition
funny
slow-paced
The first half of this describes more of her growing up and as a young adult and WOW can she tell a story. I was so engaged. I was already planning on re-reading it. No one writes like Zora!
The second half of the book was a bit harder because she describes her relationship with a man she loved (she based the love story in Their Eyes Were Watching God on herself) and it’s very very abusive. Like he was incredibly abusive and she describes it as if that is the greatest love of all. Soured the book for me and I only slowly picked it up after that (not her fault just really hard to read).
Hurston describes herself as very influential in the music scene and I’d really like to learn more about that! She also has interesting takes on religion.
I don’t know what her politics were, she does have a chapter that rings similarly of color blindness (not “holding the sons of slave masters responsible” etc). It makes me wonder what kinds of conversations she was responding to when she wrote this kind of thing.
I couldn’t bring myself to fully finish the book after the abuse bit so I stopped around 85% and just counted it done.
The second half of the book was a bit harder because she describes her relationship with a man she loved (she based the love story in Their Eyes Were Watching God on herself) and it’s very very abusive. Like he was incredibly abusive and she describes it as if that is the greatest love of all. Soured the book for me and I only slowly picked it up after that (not her fault just really hard to read).
Hurston describes herself as very influential in the music scene and I’d really like to learn more about that! She also has interesting takes on religion.
I don’t know what her politics were, she does have a chapter that rings similarly of color blindness (not “holding the sons of slave masters responsible” etc). It makes me wonder what kinds of conversations she was responding to when she wrote this kind of thing.
I couldn’t bring myself to fully finish the book after the abuse bit so I stopped around 85% and just counted it done.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
angelaf's review against another edition
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
While I laughed out loud at parts of the book, I really struggled with others. I realize that the writing reflects a particular time in history, but it was hard to listen words and descriptions of abuse that are unacceptable, especially by today's standards. I did enjoy learning more about Zora Neale Hurston, and the narrator of the audiobook, Bahni Turpin, made the experience for me. Read if you enjoy: Harlem Renaissance, autobiographies, learning about the lives of authors, feisty women, rural Florida
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse
This book contains numerous uses of the n-word.
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