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valleycat's review against another edition
5.0
Just read it, or listen to the audiobook. The audiobook is AMAZING.
ptrcapmntn's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
janel1994's review against another edition
5.0
I give this book all the stars. Very relatable. I identified with so much of how Michelle Obama was raised and her experience as a young female attorney. Her mother reminds me of my own mother. Practical and supportive without interfering. I laughed and teared up as I read this book. I highly recommend. Very well written.
reading_zuzu's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
sdelcharco's review against another edition
5.0
Although the Obamas are not of my political persuasion, I thoroughly enjoyed this memoir, getting to know both Michelle and Barack through her very personal stories.
deerielion's review against another edition
5.0
I've always wanted to get my hands on this since I heard her speeches years ago (but I never got to it until I found out my neighbour has it). She's articulated and charismatic in her own ways, and when she speaks it's captivating. One of my favourite quotes from her was, "When they go low, we go high."
While I may not agree with everything she opinionated (well, I don't have to), I liked how she wrote this book. It's an easy page-turner, feeling almost like she was talking to her readers. She'd let us in to her days from her childhood (my favourite part of the book) to her husband's run for presidency and finally her journey as FLOTUS.
While I may not agree with everything she opinionated (well, I don't have to), I liked how she wrote this book. It's an easy page-turner, feeling almost like she was talking to her readers. She'd let us in to her days from her childhood (my favourite part of the book) to her husband's run for presidency and finally her journey as FLOTUS.
mariadarc's review against another edition
5.0
Disclaimer: I was a fan of Michelle Obama before reading this book!
NOW, I am an even bigger fan. This woman is the definition of class and poise. I relate to her central premises: taking situations and deciding what to do to make things better, using your voice, putting your reputation behind causes in which you believe. She tells all of this about her time as First Lady and talks about growing up working class and using her education and drive as a lever to pull herself out of where she started into the woman she has become. If I can be so bold: I can relate to that since my education changed my life, too!
NOW, I am an even bigger fan. This woman is the definition of class and poise. I relate to her central premises: taking situations and deciding what to do to make things better, using your voice, putting your reputation behind causes in which you believe. She tells all of this about her time as First Lady and talks about growing up working class and using her education and drive as a lever to pull herself out of where she started into the woman she has become. If I can be so bold: I can relate to that since my education changed my life, too!
talesofaliteraryaddict's review against another edition
5.0
“Since childhood, I’d believed it was important to speak out against bullies while also not stooping to their level. And to be clear, we were now up against a bully”.
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Michelle Obama is one of the most well respected, well put together, graceful and dignified women in the world. Her husband? Well he was just a man she mentored one day who happened to be the future forty fourth president of the United States. I respect the Obama’s not for what they have managed to change but for what they haven’t. They have always been this humble and kind, striving for a better life for all. Michelle may not have liked her husbands decision to go into politics but she made the right movements when they got there. Between them they made the US a better place. Now tell me please, how the hell do you go from a respectable family to the devil incarnate?
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Michelle Obama is one of the most well respected, well put together, graceful and dignified women in the world. Her husband? Well he was just a man she mentored one day who happened to be the future forty fourth president of the United States. I respect the Obama’s not for what they have managed to change but for what they haven’t. They have always been this humble and kind, striving for a better life for all. Michelle may not have liked her husbands decision to go into politics but she made the right movements when they got there. Between them they made the US a better place. Now tell me please, how the hell do you go from a respectable family to the devil incarnate?