66 reviews for:

The Amen Corner

James Baldwin

3.92 AVERAGE

fae269's review against another edition

3.0

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sher202's review against another edition

2.0

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Read Harder Challenge 2020 #6. Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author

gaia1224's review against another edition

5.0

fast-paced

dnglvr's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A lifetime if struggles and decisions culminate over a few days in a downtown church.  This early work of James Baldwin doesn’t have the depth of later novels, but is certainly worth reading.

robynrambles's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

e_a1's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

airheadxt's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional fast-paced

escahg's review against another edition

3.0

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Amen,
Thy will be done.
Amen,
So be it.

By and large, I loved The Amen Corner for the glimpse I caught in the essence of Black church -- the preaching and the praying, the singing and the shouting. It came out vividly, and powerfully, in the form of a play, perhaps more so than a novel.

ethrobe's review against another edition

4.0

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Religion be like “our faith enables us to have solidarity for all hurting people lmaojk now that we know your hurt we will use it against you”

metasynchronic's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes