“There were times when he did hear echoes, but always they were couched in tones which, living as a Negro, he could not answer or accept without losing face with the world which had first evoked in him the song of manhood” “Never had he had the chance to live out the consequences of his actions; never had his will been so free as in this night and day of fear and murder and flight” This phenomenal novel by the late Richard Wright had me going at page one. The story is a slow burn that features Bigger Thomas, a young black man who kills a white girl in panic. Bigger as a character did a full three sixty with me. From the beginning, his lack of accountability and insensitivity was a setup for a deeper, more contradictory inner mindset of a black man who feels as though his life has already ended. Realistic and profoundly sad, this book was like a somber cello playing at dusk. The writing was remarkable-lush and careful. I could tell that Wright really wanted to paint a bittersweet picture for Bigger and his relationships with his family, girlfriend, and the white family he worked for. There was one part of the book where it gets heavy handed on explaining the roots of prejudice in America which I couldn’t read through in one sitting, but it remained a keystone for the book. I recommend this book highly if you want to read about a black man feeling alive in the midst of committing murder, a black man feeling powerful in choosing something that’s solely his in a world that charts his end. @thebookjoint_ #booksaremyfriends #booksarecool #booksarefun #booksarethebest #bookreviewer #bookrecommendation #bookishfeature #bookishglee #bookbloggers #bookbloggerlife #readingislife #readingismagic #readingislit #readingisawesome #bookreviewersofinstagram #mybookfeatures #bookreview #readingcommunity #bookaddict #booknerdigan #bookishpost #bookishlife #bookishphotography #readingaddict #bookishglee #bookishcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CqRdTrzL4vc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=