I was looking for a book to help me understand how black people experience racism, and this one delivered.

The Book has an autobiographical style and wholistic approach that makes it easy to take Assata‘s perspective. It is a story of slow radicalization of a kind, intelligent woman - and a document of a long list of different manifestations of racism.

Parts of the book are hard to read because of the sheer brutality - sometimes physical, sometimes social - of the events described. But parts of it are beautiful, too.

This book was everything I hoped - it kept me engaged all the way, and opened my eyes to a different perspective on the world we all live in. It also gave me new appreciation for the people who dedicate their life to a fight against injustice.