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jeaniemcgarvey 's review for:
King: A Life
by Jonathan Eig
Ever since I was a middle schooler, Martin Luther King Jr. fascinated me. I’ve read 6 biographies of the famed civil rights activist. I thought I knew an above average amount about him until this read…
This is by far THE BEST BIOGRAPHY I’ve ever read. The incredible amount of detail and research presented in a narrative form that is surprisingly easy to digest.
This being the first exhaustive biography of King to include FBI surveillance information which was previously restricted, gave me a whole new perspective of one of my favorite men of history.
I believe we are taught very little about world changers. We get a nice happy summary of all they did with a short amount of biographical information on who the leader was. The information is presented to us tied in a pretty bow and depicted in a candy coated form void of any real humanity.
This incredible work of nonfiction, allows the reader to truly understand MLKJ as a human. King was a civil rights leader, peace keeper, and minister no doubt, but he was also a husband, father, introvert, sinner, anxious, depressed and incredibly complicated man.
This read to me so long to finish not because it was dull or too long, but because it challenged everything I thought I knew about King. I had to sit with it and really grasp the new information. He wasn’t the black superhero I grew up believing him to be. He was a human. A black man willing to do hard things because he believed it was the right thing to do. He was an imperfect man who struggled.
Thank you, Jonathan Eig, for your time and investment into this story. I’ll be eagerly awaiting 2027 when we can learn even more new info about who King was.
This is by far THE BEST BIOGRAPHY I’ve ever read. The incredible amount of detail and research presented in a narrative form that is surprisingly easy to digest.
This being the first exhaustive biography of King to include FBI surveillance information which was previously restricted, gave me a whole new perspective of one of my favorite men of history.
I believe we are taught very little about world changers. We get a nice happy summary of all they did with a short amount of biographical information on who the leader was. The information is presented to us tied in a pretty bow and depicted in a candy coated form void of any real humanity.
This incredible work of nonfiction, allows the reader to truly understand MLKJ as a human. King was a civil rights leader, peace keeper, and minister no doubt, but he was also a husband, father, introvert, sinner, anxious, depressed and incredibly complicated man.
This read to me so long to finish not because it was dull or too long, but because it challenged everything I thought I knew about King. I had to sit with it and really grasp the new information. He wasn’t the black superhero I grew up believing him to be. He was a human. A black man willing to do hard things because he believed it was the right thing to do. He was an imperfect man who struggled.
Thank you, Jonathan Eig, for your time and investment into this story. I’ll be eagerly awaiting 2027 when we can learn even more new info about who King was.