Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Becoming by Michelle Obama

81 reviews

quejk25's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Miscarriage and Police brutality

mirajuliee's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Grief, and Death of parent

angstyevie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

laverlately's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Police brutality and Grief

rbacon's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

As you get into the third part of the book, the sequence of events seems to get looser and chapter placements become somewhat arbitrary, which I think made it slow in parts to get through. The beginning of the book and particularly Michelle Obama's upbringing is really interesting and a great reminder that anyone could make a difference with perseverance and the right opportunities. Raises some interesting questions too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

qi_'s review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

 i don't think i need to add to the immense praise that this book has already received, and i mean rightfully so. i feel weirdly empowered so i can imagine how impactful this would be to people who are able to have their experiences directly reflected through Michelle.

anyway, i didn't expect to get fully trolled by a somewhat political memoir -

the opening to chapter 22 when she details a 'bad dream' she had where they were invited to a petting zoo with sedated big cats in their backyard and then the cheetah attacked her daughter but they accidentally shot the tranquillizer into her arm instead of the cheetah. i fully believed that until i reached the end of the passage revealing it was a dream. and i was like 'how did i not know this happened?' and reading aloud parts to my brother like 'can you believe this?'

well-played Michelle..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death of parent

crystalmethany's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

lucy12345's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Miscarriage and Grief

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

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, Gun violence, Racism, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent