Roots - Alex Haley Reviews

Alex Haley taught himself to write during a 20 year career in the US coast guard service. After retiring in 1959 as its first Chief Journalist, he became a magazine writer and interviewer before undertaking his first book The Autobiography of Malcolm X. He spent the next 12 years researching and writing Roots... This brilliant story ...  Read the complete review

The tv mini-series brought "Roots" into our homes, and was excellent in it's own way, but the book is better I think. I love Alex Haley's eloquence, the picures that he paints in your mind - you feel the dusty heat of a dry Summer's day, you smell the food cooking, feel the fear and pain. Whether the subject matter appeals to you or not, ...  Read the complete review

“Roots” is one of those novels that you hear about but never really have the time to read. I’ve always wanted to read it but the length of it has always deterred me. It must be said that I’m not an avid reader and I mainly read chic lit and the odd crime novel. However one day I decided that the time had come and I picked up a copy of “Roots” on ...  Read the complete review

Haley's 'Roots' published in 1976 is one of the best and most vivid books I have ever read. It is a modern classic which won a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and sold more than a million copies in its first year of publication. Roots comes with my 100% recommendation, here's why. The ...  Read the complete review