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rachblank's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: War
Minor: Death, Cancer, Racism, and Cultural appropriation
fkshg8465's review against another edition
3.0
I wish he’d addressed border control, specifically about how children had been separated from parents and supposedly held in cages. I remember seeing the News York Times article and being shocked. I realize it came out after this book, but the events happened during his presidency. Maybe Biden will write about it when it’s his turn…
Three stars because it was basically a well written brag book that his daughters can read and feel good about.
Graphic: Colonisation, Islamophobia, Cancer, Racism, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Homophobia, Antisemitism, and Death of parent
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
whatjasread's review against another edition
2.0
• literal king of waffle
• the parts leading up to his presidency were more interesting than his actual presidency
• so much name dropping I don’t remember a single person except Michelle and our lass Lizzie R
TWs: war, death, racism, islamophobia, gun violence, cancer, terrorism, homophobia, torture, mentions of 9/11
Graphic: Racism, Islamophobia, Gun violence, and Cancer
Moderate: War and Death
Minor: Torture and Homophobia
asturias's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Colonisation, War, and Racism
Minor: Cancer, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Classism, Torture, and Slavery
nick13's review against another edition
5.0
In parts the paragraphs are blind, telling exactly how things happened, with other times being written beautifully when it's about something inside, philosophical, or spiritual. The way it informed the reader with the events of his term were put simply enough so that j could understand them even though during his term I was too young to understand any of what was happening.
Along with this, this novel also shows a light into Baracks personal life (not as much as Michelle's but still some) that shows the humanity of him that isn't shown through the press when a president is in office.
All of this combines to a very long novel packed full of information with some parts even having a bit of humor or introspection writing that really adds to the level of reading this novel.
Highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a little bit of politics and want to understand exactly what was happening during this time period and/or what Barack was personally thinking at the time.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Racism, and War
Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, and Medical content
Minor: Gun violence, Islamophobia, and Violence
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
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia
Minor: Violence and Torture
readandfindout's review against another edition
4.25
Themes: 4 stars
Knowledge/perspective: 4.5 stars
This is actually really hard to rate! Because I thought everything was well done, and I really enjoyed Obama's perspective, but I struggled with the pacing and level of detail.
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Violence, Islamophobia, Cancer, and Genocide
Minor: Death, Homophobia, and Torture
bookswithsoumi's review against another edition
5.0
Who should read this book: people who want to try memoirs for the first time!
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Death, Chronic illness, and Cancer
Minor: Torture and Sexism