Notes of a Native Son - James Baldwin (not rated)

[Nicole D.]

Why I was the wrong reader of this book - by Nicole

First, this is not Native Son which is what I thought I was reading/listening to. Oops.

It's a series of essays written pre-civil rights era. Several of them reference books and movies I've never seen - (ahem) Native Son, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the movie Carmen Jones, which sounds awful but I kind of want to watch now.

Though racism is timeless, I found the content to be pretty dated.

Finally, it's by an author I've never read (and still want to) but this is not where you start.

Overall, bad choice on my side. Though the audio was quick, the writing was good, and some of the stories were moderately interesting.

Can't fault the book for that, which is why I'm not rating it.