A review by yaniabereading
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I had three different experiences reading this book. The first part was great, I was engaged with the story of this young black boy just trying to find a place in the world through the means he knew best. The second part was so dense and long. I struggled to keep going, the story was just long and wasn’t developing toward anything. The plot lagging the narrator uninteresting. The third part was misty and grey. And to be fair, I speed read the last part of the book because by this point I’d been reading it for a month and just wanted to be done. Just long monologues, super descriptive— a lot.  And now im done, and I understand its importance, and why this is a classic text. But im just so over being in his dreary world.