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housedesignerking's review against another edition
4.0
Let no one say that Barack Obama is unintelligent. This book was clearly written by a well-educated man, and my love affair with his way with words was obvious to my fiancé as we read this together. This president's way with words is not only engaging but also riveting and funny at times. To the dismay of my younger self, I really didn't find many disagreements between this president and myself. The first thing I could really say that I disagreed with him on (as far as the time covered in this book) was on pg 234: one of the first things he did as president was lift President W. Bush's moratorium on federally funded embryonic stem cell research. His words on growing up black were educational and eye-opening. I don't personally agree with some of his viewpoints regarding what is and isn't racially motivated, but being of two 'minorities' myself, I can definitely see how those perceptions can come to be. Aside from those, I could see why he made certain decisions, or my objection was about something so small that it isn't even worth mentioning. With this book, he went from his childhood to political life to his 2008 campaign and election and comes to a close on the death of Osama bin Laden. That final chapter was both harrowing and surreal and probably is for anyone who is old enough to remember September 11th, 2001.
It's 2022 as I type this, and though my younger self would probably be shocked and would protest, I will say that he was a good president. I still maintain that my lack of support for his candidacy had nothing to do with race: it was simply about who I thought was the lesser of two evils, but I will say that today, I somewhat wish I had supported him... At least the first time. I still maintain that Romney would be a great president, and I'm still a moderate republican. I'm not sure how much more praise a formerly unsupportive voter could give after what I've written, so I will end by saying that I give this book 4 stars. It's one heck of a book!
Moderate: Police brutality, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Abortion, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Violence, War, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Deportation, Hate crime, and Bullying
zara89's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, War, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Violence, Racism, Grief, Cultural appropriation, and Terminal illness
Minor: Antisemitism and Genocide
jkiranjot's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racism, and War
Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
Minor: Sexism
mfieldshalva's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
sionnac's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Cancer, Islamophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, and Violence
Minor: Child death and Mass/school shootings
alylentz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Cancer, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Islamophobia, and Police brutality
Minor: Death, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence