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angstyevie's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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laverlately's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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moviemagus's review

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

This was a wild ride, overall inspiring but boring at times - especially the middle. Said that, it is still important and would recommend it for people who are interested in social issues and making a change.

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rbacon's review against another edition

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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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charlottebreads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

<b>CW/TW:</b> School shooting, death of a family member, racism, miscarriage (mentioned)
<b>Age Rating:</b> 12+

- This is an excellent book
- It's a bit slow, but things start to pick up when Michelle meets Barack
- It's interesting to see US politics from her point of view
- Michelle Obama has done some amazing things in her life and it was very interesting to read about them
- The only issue that I have is that it was a bit boring at the beginning

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lucy12345's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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potatokao's review against another edition

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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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zeenatpatel01's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

I am a reader and I always have been. However, I decided that this would officially be my first audiobook. Mrs Obama's voice was soothing and stern. This book was raw, real and worth every minute of the 19 hours and 3 minutes it took for me to finish it

I never rush memoirs and believe in taking my time. And wow!!I have a new favourite. 10 out of 10

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