Roots

A book you must read. The author’s words flowing like a smooth river into your minds. Thoroughly enjoyed.

This is a must read novel, the most beautiful experience,still I haven't completed reading this novel but still in the initial chapters itself I just fell in love with this novel.

Print way too small for comfortable reading.....too much of a strain on the eyes....a larger print would be so welcome...

Good

I've read embarrassingly few books in my life so far and I don't know how much more I'll go on to finish in the time I have left. But I suspect this one may end up being the 'read of my lifetime'. I can't think of any other book I've read as fast as vigorous. And to think that the only reason I ever picked it up was that both Pa. Ranjith and Vetrimaaran mentioned it Nothing better sums up what this book did for me than the below quote from the book itself "There is an expression called “the peak experience”—that which emotionally, nothing in your life ever transcends."

The first half is gripping, and the second half is informative but less gripping. However, as you finish the book and read the final chapters, it is really mind blowing to understand the amount of hard work and research that has gone into tracing the roots of the black population in the US. The author has done a commendable job in describing the quiet life of the natives, disrupted by the greed and selfish insensitivity of the white people with a few exceptions here and there. Reuires patient reading, but worth the time spent to understand how the crudely civilisation has evolved.

No words to describe the book. Only berate myself, such a voracious reader, why had I waited so long to read this classic? Did the short abridged version that appeared in the Reader’s Digest decades ago, suffice, to my young, immature mind? Perhaps it’s just as well. In my autumn years perhaps the book resonates better than it would have in my earlier years. To understand the depths of human atrocity, the indefatigable human spirit... One has to read ROOTS.

Wonderful book. Alex haley has captured generations of emtions very succinctly. Packaging was standard, so was the quality of the book, delivery speed was fine- nothing to complain about.