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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

11 reviews

andie_1504's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Deportation

lovelynovellas's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

jmathena's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

croww_teeth's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

Leaves you wanting to know more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

irrigger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is one of the most impactful books I've ever read. The experiences are viceral and cut to the core. It's a hard but hopeful read, and I think everyone should experience it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Grief, and Classism

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol

chantal18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment

samchase112's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Frederick Douglass's slave narrative is a classic for a reason. He clearly and passionately describes his life as an enslaved man in the early 19th century, pulling on his readers' emotions in just the right way. This narrative is terrifying to read, at once humbling and inspiring. Atrocity after atrocity is committed, and the strength of the human spirit is truly remarkable to witness in these pages. Douglass is known as a great speaker and leader, but it must be recognized that he was also a great writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

sheryl_macca's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I had little knowledge of Frederick Douglass or his Narrative before I began reading it. The book was one given to me by a friend who hadn't read it herself. My motivation to read of Frederick Douglass was one of diversity having set myself a goal this year to diversify my reads in all senses.

I found a mix of personal memoir and social history within its pages. Frederick Douglass narrates his own life eloquently, vividly but unemotionally. He divides his life by the locations he found himself in rather than by age or stage of life which in itself is telling. Because of this his narrative does jump from place to place without fully exploring the details and experiences of each.

Frederick also speaks on behalf of all the enslaved people he has known in Maryland. He could be telling the tale of any or all enslaved people in many places. He is efficient and effective in describing the social, political and economic landscape of the time.

I enjoyed the book, I learned from it but I wanted a greater emotional connection. Given it was written in 1845 by a man who had been through countless unthinkable things I think I'm probably asking too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Murder