A review by karaklos
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
4.0
Egad, I didn’t think I would ever finish this one.
The Warmth of Other Suns is the fascinating story of black Americans who migrated from the south to the north to escape Jim Crow laws and build new lives for themselves. I can’t imagine how much research and time Wilkerson did to tell this story.
Wilkerson selected three individuals to profile. Each person migrated from different southern cities and settled in different northern cities, across three different decades.
I learned so much from this book and while many of the stories were difficult to read due to the cruelty and inhumanity of people at the time, I’m glad I read it.
While I found it to be a worthwhile read, it was a slog. It was very repetitive and some of the details were unnecessary to the overall story. The flow of the book was meandering and uneven. I grew very weary at about 400 pages. I also felt like some of the conclusions Wilkerson came to were not based on any research. This was not a book I was eager to pick up.
The Warmth of Other Suns is the fascinating story of black Americans who migrated from the south to the north to escape Jim Crow laws and build new lives for themselves. I can’t imagine how much research and time Wilkerson did to tell this story.
Wilkerson selected three individuals to profile. Each person migrated from different southern cities and settled in different northern cities, across three different decades.
I learned so much from this book and while many of the stories were difficult to read due to the cruelty and inhumanity of people at the time, I’m glad I read it.
While I found it to be a worthwhile read, it was a slog. It was very repetitive and some of the details were unnecessary to the overall story. The flow of the book was meandering and uneven. I grew very weary at about 400 pages. I also felt like some of the conclusions Wilkerson came to were not based on any research. This was not a book I was eager to pick up.