Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Becoming by Michelle Obama

73 reviews

potatokao's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

hard to rate and review a memoir, it’s their life story they’re sharing with us after all. i enjoyed the writing, i listened to the audiobook so it was nice to hear michelle’s story directly from her. 

the pace was heavy leaning on her upbringing, her love story was very endearing, and her career change showed me a lot about her personal ambitions i didn’t previously know. giving me even more reason to respect her. her disdain for politics is with good reason. the book gave insight to her work as first lady and made me realize her health initiatives probably made more impact to today’s healthy eating world than we give her credit. 

the latter half was more condensed, squished pacing. a good build up and then a plateau. her hopefulness is not something i can embody but her continuous growth as a woman is a quality i admire. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, and Gun violence

caitlinmshugrue's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Death of parent

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Cancer, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Police brutality, and Slavery

kayesomething's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Gun violence, Racism, and Child death

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, Slavery, Miscarriage, and Grief

madelnguttorms1's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, and Violence

thejuliette's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

This book shows which factors shape you while growing up, but also further on in life. Growth and succes depend on the actions of the person, their circumstances and the people around them. Based on that i found this an reflective and inspiring book, but it didnt succeed in keeping my attention. Maybe biographies arent my genre. Nevertheless it's a decent book and centainly worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Police brutality

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, and Xenophobia

meghanvolkman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Infertility, and Mass/school shootings

zoewrath's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

annabella's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Child death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racism

claudiamacpherson's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Wow! I'm finishing Black History Month with this autobiography. I've been meaning to read it for a while, but I'm not typically into nonfiction or memoirs. I wanted to listen to the audiobook, which is read by Michelle Obama herself, and I was surprised both by how much I loved it and how emotional it made me. I found myself in tears nearly every time I listened (I'm often weepy, but usually not this much); from sad parts, like when Obama described the decline of her dad's health to MS, her realization that her traditional path through college and her career wasn't fulfilling, and her descriptions of several difficult events during her time as First Lady, like the Sandy Hook shooting and Donald Trump's election, as well as the happy parts, like when Obama and Malia snuck outside to see the White House lit up in a rainbow to celebrate marriage equality. My favorite thing, which she continued to mention throughout the book, was the importance of female friends and role models throughout her life. I felt like I really got to know Obama through this book, like I'm one of her girlfriends and she's telling me about her life over a glass of wine at one of her all-female retreats.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Sexism, and Terminal illness