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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris

3 reviews

prachidayal's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

  • Long read (10+ hours)
  • The book began to lose me because, with success, she blended in with other politicians.
  • I liked the organization of the book and how empirics and stories were intertwined.
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teaofleaves's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

It was quite an insightful book into how Kamala Harris was shaped into the woman she is today and how she thinks. It's as though we actually know her from how her personality is on the pages. It is an alright book, an interesting memoir, that I can relax to and wind down with, but it doesn't stand out to me too much though (a personal thought mind you. This memoir might stand out more to you than it did for me). There some things I quite enjoyed reading of like her early days as a lawyer and some cases she worked on along with her role in the US' political world and her role as a Senator, and as a politician herself. Ending is especially powerful. 
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mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Truths We Hold provides a good balance between learning about Kamala Harris and how she rose to become senator alongside the multiple policies and societal issues that she faced during her career. While the explanation of the latter was very informative and provided understanding on the tough decisions she had to make, it would have been great to learn more about her and her family.
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