There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

4.47 AVERAGE

monicayk97's review against another edition

5.0
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adubh's review against another edition

4.5
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dc273's review against another edition

4.5
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4.0
4.5
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5.0
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cassiemartino's review against another edition

4.0
how can you not be romantic about sports, man

basketball isn't even a sport i'm very interested in tbh, i am primarily a football girlie. but man this book did such a good job weaving together basketball and childhood and grief and and and

i actually wasnt as deeply invested in this as i thought i'd be, but i still really loved where it went. especially the author's thoughts on place and belonging - that hometown shit always hits real deep for me. anyway! more books that romanticize sports please

flintlocklane's review against another edition

4.75
I am left speechless, as always. Listening to the audiobook was a fantastic decision. There is so much to be said about this book but I think the most important is to go read it and witness it in person. Here’s a snippet of just one of many of my favorite sections; “we are as inconsequential as the stars themselves. Supporting actors at best. Unless you are the first link between your earthly ancestors & the place they descended from.”
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jlangeway1002's review against another edition

5.0
This is one of the greatest books i have ever read. there is so much i could say about the book sense of place, community, culture, belonging (and basketball) but I am wordless! Hanif's writing style is so unique and wonderful. The dedication page already had me tearing up, i knew it was going to be amazing. I think the Ohio we understand through this book is very similar to the cities we all come from, and his wisdom offered about inner-city culture and racism was so brilliant and different (poetic). I think everyone should read this book.
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patorcer's review against another edition

4.5
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jharris2289's review against another edition

5.0
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