This semester we've read five really good books. I liked all of them, but some stood out more to
me than others. Each book we've read I liked more than the last. This has definitely been my favorite
english class I've taken so far. That being said, my favorite book from this semester was "White Boy
Shuffle". My least favorite book was "Invisible Man".
"White Boy Shuffle" was my favorite book because of the fast-moving plot and at sometimes
absurd situations. This book was easy to keep up with because I actually wanted to read it, I didn't
just read it because it was assigned. At times this book was funny, like when Psycho Loco is just able
to order a person through the mail with no second thought. This book was also set in the most recent
time so it was easiest to understand how society was at that time. With the relation between
basketball stars simply being treated as animals in the book, and how it actually is in real life, it was
easier to understand how Nick and Gunnar felt because we see this in our current society as well.
My least favorite book this semester was "Invisible Man" because it was pretty slow-moving for
most of the book, in my opinion. It was harder for me to keep up with the nightly reading
assignments because it was a slow, and slightly weird, book. The whole book was pretty depressing
as the Narrator continually finds out that so many people are lying to him, like the Brotherhood or the
college dean. It definitely wasn't a horrible book but out of the five we read it is my least favorite. I
don't really like the ending either because it doesn't really give any closure to the book.
Overall, every book we read in this course was really good. Beloved was really close to being my
first favorite, but it was too disturbing at times. I liked how Native Son was quick moving during the
first two parts, but it slowed down quickly during part three. I really enjoyed Their Eyes Were
Watching God because it was the simplest story, but the ending was really sad. African-American
Literature was a great english class!
