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alexander's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
5.0
jachinheckman's review against another edition
3.0
There is some tremendously powerful and insightful parts of this book. Unfortunately they are shelved between him being misogynistic and defending his abusive relationships. He was a complex ad compelling person, but I feel that there is probably a better way to learn about him.
jjccrraayy's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
chumblespuzz's review against another edition
5.0
one of THE MOST lied on men in history… of course not without his faults but this needs to be required reading to everyone who has had the misfortune of getting a watered down half baked version of malcolm x served up to them in a high school us history class
cavemanking's review against another edition
5.0
Damn. What do I even say? This was one of the most engaging and historically important autobiography’s I’ve ever read. I can almost promise you that whatever you think you know about this man will change a great deal after reading this. A deeply intelligent, flawed, controversial, and ever changing human being. This was written over the course of two years and you can see his mindset and ideas evolve constantly through self reflection in real time up until his death. Certain statements he makes in the first few chapters he will reveal to think differently of later on as time passes. Strongly encourage anyone to read this at least once in their lives. You won’t regret it one bit.
“To speculate about dying doesn't disturb me as it might some people. I never have felt that I would live to become an old man. Even before I was a Muslim-when I was a hustler in the ghetto jungle, and then a criminal in prison, it always stayed on my mind that I would die a violent death.”
“To speculate about dying doesn't disturb me as it might some people. I never have felt that I would live to become an old man. Even before I was a Muslim-when I was a hustler in the ghetto jungle, and then a criminal in prison, it always stayed on my mind that I would die a violent death.”