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4.55 AVERAGE
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The second half of this book is spectacular. As someone who grew up obsessed with The West Wing, I love learning about the backstage details at the White House. And, as someone who has begun dabbling in speechwriting, I appreciate the struggles that Keenan describes, and I admire his writing immensely. The ending absolutely made me cry.
That said, I found the beginning of the book to be a bit disorganized, and I was confused about which pieces were part of The Ten Days, and which were separate memoir reflections.
I also was disappointed to see that this author was not immune to White Dude Syndrome, in which he applies his perspective to “Americans” writ-large. (E.g. “Americans began to realize…” rather than “white Americans began to realize…”)
Otherwise, I quite enjoyed this book, and I am sure it will become a useful resource for me.
That said, I found the beginning of the book to be a bit disorganized, and I was confused about which pieces were part of The Ten Days, and which were separate memoir reflections.
I also was disappointed to see that this author was not immune to White Dude Syndrome, in which he applies his perspective to “Americans” writ-large. (E.g. “Americans began to realize…” rather than “white Americans began to realize…”)
Otherwise, I quite enjoyed this book, and I am sure it will become a useful resource for me.
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Graphic: Gun violence
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This book is beautiful. I cried multiple times; tears of sadness and happiness, and even in the epilogue. Cody truly did an amazing job with this book.
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This story is about ten days in Obama's presidency told from Cody's point of view, who was one of the speech writers for Obama. Here are some things that I learned:
1-It would not be fun to be a speech writer
2-Obama was probably the best President there ever was (I already thought this, but this book cemented it even more). He is so smart.
3-A lot goes into speeches for the President
This book really made me miss Obama as President. There were times where the story would bog down on the little details that I didn't really care about. I thought that day 10 was the best day from the story. There are times where I got a little emotional. Reading about what happened many years after the fact and how things are slowly being taken away is gutting. I did like Cody's snippets about the other people in working in the White House including himself. I wish that we had these stories about the people while they were working in the White House so that we could've appreciated them more.
1-It would not be fun to be a speech writer
2-Obama was probably the best President there ever was (I already thought this, but this book cemented it even more). He is so smart.
3-A lot goes into speeches for the President
This book really made me miss Obama as President. There were times where the story would bog down on the little details that I didn't really care about. I thought that day 10 was the best day from the story. There are times where I got a little emotional. Reading about what happened many years after the fact and how things are slowly being taken away is gutting. I did like Cody's snippets about the other people in working in the White House including himself. I wish that we had these stories about the people while they were working in the White House so that we could've appreciated them more.