Reviews

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself, with A True Tale of Slavery by John S. Jacobs (The John Harvard Library) by John S. Jacobs, Jean Fagan Yellin, Harriet Ann Jacobs

missrocksand's review against another edition

5.0

Incredible written account of her life

book_dragon_hoard7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.5

evybungus's review against another edition

5.0

One of the most compelling slave narratives I've ever read. Highly recommend!

thedukeofpuke_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

lea's review against another edition

I hope I come back to it someday but it's been closer to 2 years so im just moving to dnf

filaret526's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

3.5

dhaley_123's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

seyj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

miahikariswonderland's review against another edition

5.0

This book made me really sad. I had to read it for a class in my university but I ended up reading it as a book that I would have picked up to read by myself. I couldn't put it down and I spent many hours I should have been sleeping reading more about Jacobs' life.
My heart is filled with sadness every time I read about slavery. It's something so terrible. It's so good that some people were so nice to her understanding that human beings aren't objects.

I loved this book because it filled me with many feelings. I believe I will re-read it soon.

morganmariexo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5