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skoore's review against another edition
3.0
How to Survive America: Another funny book and it will make you think. I like it i will read it again.
bookjunkie57's review against another edition
4.0
How to Survive America
I Picked Up This Book Because: I can’t resist a celebrity book
Media Type: Audiobook
Source: Library
Dates Read: 6/28/21 - 6/28/21
Stars: 4 Stars
The Story:
Observations on living in America while being brown. While we all know there are not fast and hard solutions to racism there are some good points made and a lot to think about presented in this book.
The Random Thoughts:
Challenges:
Birth and Beyond Reading Challenge - Adult:Essays
I Picked Up This Book Because: I can’t resist a celebrity book
Media Type: Audiobook
Source: Library
Dates Read: 6/28/21 - 6/28/21
Stars: 4 Stars
The Story:
Observations on living in America while being brown. While we all know there are not fast and hard solutions to racism there are some good points made and a lot to think about presented in this book.
The Random Thoughts:
Challenges:
Birth and Beyond Reading Challenge - Adult:Essays
angelareads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
This is my second DL Hughley book. My first was "How Not to get Shot." The tone of each book is almost exactly the same. Hughley delivers hard-hitting, blunt information with sarcasm and wit. His statements are backed by specific stories and facts. The books are obviously well-researched.
This book was not written for me. I am a young white woman, and this book specifically addresses Black people in America, especially Black men. This being said, I believe that these books are valuable for everyone to read. I am unable to remark on how the sarcasm and humor hits for people who face these realities every day. If you have read and liked Hughley's other work, you will probably enjoy this one, as well.
I highly recommend the audiobook, which isn't very long. Hughley narrates it himself, and I think that hearing his voice narrating a book that has such a distinctive authorial tone makes the experience of reading/listening extremely vivid.
***Note: I do not give star ratings to most memoirs and some other nonfiction work.
This book was not written for me. I am a young white woman, and this book specifically addresses Black people in America, especially Black men. This being said, I believe that these books are valuable for everyone to read. I am unable to remark on how the sarcasm and humor hits for people who face these realities every day. If you have read and liked Hughley's other work, you will probably enjoy this one, as well.
I highly recommend the audiobook, which isn't very long. Hughley narrates it himself, and I think that hearing his voice narrating a book that has such a distinctive authorial tone makes the experience of reading/listening extremely vivid.
***Note: I do not give star ratings to most memoirs and some other nonfiction work.
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