Invisible Man

I was quite uncomfortable with a significant part of this book. I recognize that for a lot of people—authors and readers alike—discomfort is an end in itself. For me it's not. I don't need to be overtly challenged in that way to find a book meaningful. That said, I recognize that discomfort has its place, and it certainly seemed to serve well here. The question of race is a disturbing one, from all sides, and Ellison confronts a lot of it head on.

It doesn't hurt, either, that the book is exquisitely well written. Not that he doesn't indulge in a bit too much exposition here and moralizing there, but the actual mechanics of his prose are nearly always pitch-perfect.

Also: I don't usually comment on the audiobook itself when I listen to something, but I did listen to this and I have to say that Joe Morton gives an absolutely stunning performance. I don't think I've ever heard a book better read.

No rating on this one. I did find it interesting but I think my head is just not in the right space for this right now. The narration is excellent by actor Joe Morton. I got this by accident as I was looking for the HG Wells version of The Invisible Man. Didn’t pay close enough attention when getting from library.

Unsure if I will circle back some time in future to complete.

DNF @ 39%.

"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒂𝒎, 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆...𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏." 𝕀𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕟 - 𝑹𝒂𝒍𝒑𝒉 𝑬𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 ⭐ ( 10 / 10 ) Usually, I review a book, but I feel like this book has been done & my review wouldnt sway from any given before it. I've never read it so I decided to. So I'd rather explain what I got from it. Last year I read Forty Acres. I loved it. It feels like Mr. Smith drew a lot of inspiration from this book the Invisible Man because while we don't know the narrator's name throughout this book it feels like a bit of the same ignored everybody who's for you aint FOR YOU. There were signs in both novels about how the people that look like the main characters are supposed to all have this great bond with each other & supposed to be looking out for "our" people but for some reason they always left the MC out of many discussions so they were always left in the dark or missin important pieces. Not everyone is your friend, it doesn't matter what they say out loud actions speak louder. Your instincts are there for a reason. Trust them. The main character in this story seems to go through it all dealing with racism from other races & even having to deal with it from the Uncle Tom/Sambo's of his own. Just because someone is the same color as you doesn't mean theyll look out for you as we see with (I have literally put his name out of my mind because he made me so mad). What I got is that you need to learn to trust yourself. You need to take the time in life to find your. If you don't, you will be forever lost. The saying is stand for nothing, you will fall for anything. Nameless knows nothing about himself so even when his gut tells him something isn't right, he still jumps in & does the opposite. It's only until he finally discovers himself does he realize he can stand up for himself. I love that Ellison never names the main character because he could honestly be anyone. For all I know, Nameless is Martin Grey. For all I know Nameless could be you... 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝘑𝘢𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘖𝘶𝘵

An interesting read. My professor labeled it a "Neo-slavery" book. A few moments in the book left me a little puzzled, but hungry for more

In the running for the best book I’ve ever read