Reviews round-up
The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
1 of 4 critics positive
4 reviews: 1 positive, 2 mixed, 1 pan
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“face to face with uncomfortable truths”
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates review – face to face with uncomfortable truths
Mixed
Read the review ↗“Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Temptations of Narrative”
“The Message,” Reviewed: Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Temptations of Narrative
Mixed
Read the review ↗“not dramatic enough to be as provocative as its loudest”
Review | In ‘The Message,’ Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the stories that fuel bigotry
Pan
Read the review ↗“Ta-Nehisi Coates sacrifices necessary complexity”
The Problem With Moral Purity
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