Harriet Beecher Stowe, Amanda Claybaugh, Jonathan (AFT) Arac - Uncle Tom's Cabin

Pros: An insight about what slaves may have felt.

Cons: A little seeped in sentimentality.

The Bottom Line: This is a historical novel that has never been out of print since its beginning. You will come away from it understanding the time period a little better.

Review: I read 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' in celebration of Black History Month. Although the author was not a black American, I decided the subject was appropriate for that month.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was very obviously an abolitionist. She didn't see any...

Pros: Satire, political message

Cons: Weak writing at times, non-PC language

The Bottom Line: This book held up a mirror to white 19th century society, North and South, and showed them a true image of themselves.

Review: Uncle Tom’s Cabin stirred up enough controversy in the 1850s to set off a Civil War that had more casualties than all the other armed conflicts in which the US had been involved, combined, until World War II. Uncle Tom’s Cabin has...

Pros: Wonderful historical classic.

Cons: Over dramatic characters.

The Bottom Line: This is one of those books you read in the sake of cultural literacy, and you end up thoroughly enjoying the story.

Review: I read Uncle Tom’s Cabin about a year ago, and only because it was a historical classic. I wasn’t expecting a great story. I had never really examined the practical results of slavery before; I had only read about the mass effects on a nation. I knew...

Pros: The plot, and the author

Cons: Can b boring

Review: Many people who have read Uncle Tom's Cabin say that the book has put them to sleep, or wasn't entertaining enough. Nevertheless, it is an excellent book that people who has an interest in politics, history, or just a good book to read should read this...

Pros: good insight into slavery

Cons: long, boring, hard to understand

Review: Uncle Toms Cabin is one of the most boring books that I have ever had to read. The key word being had. In my American Literature class we had to read Uncle Toms Cabin and I hated every minute of it. The teacher was so bored that he admitted that he...

Pros: nothing

Cons: boring

Review: Uncle Tom's Cabin was a very boring book. I was so confused by page 70 I wanted to stop readin. The book use language like tis and a-restin I just thought the whole book was hard to understand.
The main character is a slave named Uncle Tom who is...