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slybert 's review for:
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
reflective
medium-paced
I enjoyed the reading quite a lot. Language gets a bit pretentious and daydreamy here and there, a few metaphors are labored. For me this doesn’t detract from the reading; rather it serves as insight into the personality of the author.
I won’t argue with the tagline “A Story of Race and Inheritance”. Although I think the theme that runs deepest is the journey of self-understanding through the lens of family history. We all ask “who am I?, what is my place here?” As though knowing the answer makes us whole. Often what makes us closest to whole are the people we discover while asking the question.
It does read like a true story, childhood memories are sparse and blurry, and then at some point he clearly started to journal or at least write a few things down, because the narrative flows well after a point. I enjoyed both sides, but the latter half of the book is an easier read to sink into. I imagine some things are elaborated upon in memoirs. As this is my first one, I liked how “real” it felt
I won’t argue with the tagline “A Story of Race and Inheritance”. Although I think the theme that runs deepest is the journey of self-understanding through the lens of family history. We all ask “who am I?, what is my place here?” As though knowing the answer makes us whole. Often what makes us closest to whole are the people we discover while asking the question.
It does read like a true story, childhood memories are sparse and blurry, and then at some point he clearly started to journal or at least write a few things down, because the narrative flows well after a point. I enjoyed both sides, but the latter half of the book is an easier read to sink into. I imagine some things are elaborated upon in memoirs. As this is my first one, I liked how “real” it felt