Suspense In Richard Wright's 'Native Son'

Native Son was overall a great book. It was very intriguing and pushed boundaries. Wright leaned towards description and imagery as his strategy of writing. However, It definitely isn't my favorite book I’ve ever read, but it’s surely one to remember. It becomes a bit melodramatic throughout the story. Also, Wright develops a lot of suspense in the story. You are kept on the edge of your seat in the majority of the story. The book’s weakness was the lack of reality. You couldn’t relate because his story was highly unlikely. It was a wonderful book it just didn’t, for myself at least, show as much of the reality in the 1930’s as it could have. Although, it’s on the dramatic side a great amount of people can relate to this story. The feeling
of disempowerment and being out of options. I liked how the story had two sides; the whites and the blacks. It shows the view of the black side and how the whites treat them wrongly. I enjoyed this book and would be interested in reading more books like this one.