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ashrafulla 's review for:
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Probably required reading for anyone interested in a well-written and deep story on the American working class in the Bible belt. There are a few other books like this and you don't have to read all of them, but you should read a few.
The author's reflective analysis of events weaved into the author's in-the-moment emotion of each event to form an impactful then-and-now view of hillbilly life. The then is all the emotion. The now is all the retroactive and more nuanced explanation. With that framework the author pays the proper respect to the author's past while still providing the reader with concrete questions to ponder.
I read this trying hard to remove the recent politics from the read. I think I succeeded; I love the book independent of my views on the now-statesman. I recommend you do the same. Even the conclusive afterward years later that talks about public policy is a grounded discussion with a compromising possible path that is not a silver bullet.
I enjoyed the writing style immensely as the book did not waste words. Especially for a life biography, to be very precise and impactful with each sentence is quite hard. I was able to stay engaged with the book due to the choice of relatively direct sentence structure and the use of long paragraphs for narratives with short paragraphs for actions.
Overall I recommend the book as a roughly eight hour read. Faster if you devour books, but I read like I eat now: slowly.
The author's reflective analysis of events weaved into the author's in-the-moment emotion of each event to form an impactful then-and-now view of hillbilly life. The then is all the emotion. The now is all the retroactive and more nuanced explanation. With that framework the author pays the proper respect to the author's past while still providing the reader with concrete questions to ponder.
I read this trying hard to remove the recent politics from the read. I think I succeeded; I love the book independent of my views on the now-statesman. I recommend you do the same. Even the conclusive afterward years later that talks about public policy is a grounded discussion with a compromising possible path that is not a silver bullet.
I enjoyed the writing style immensely as the book did not waste words. Especially for a life biography, to be very precise and impactful with each sentence is quite hard. I was able to stay engaged with the book due to the choice of relatively direct sentence structure and the use of long paragraphs for narratives with short paragraphs for actions.
Overall I recommend the book as a roughly eight hour read. Faster if you devour books, but I read like I eat now: slowly.