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A review by shansometimes
Empowered to Repair: Becoming People Who Mend Broken Systems and Heal Our Communities by Brenda Salter McNeil
Did not finish book. Stopped at 32%.
I typically enjoy books that offer solutions to issues like racism, unjust systems, and broken communities, especially faith-based ones like Empowered to Repair. This drew me to the book, but what I found when I started reading it didn't impact or inspire me in the ways I expected when I requested an ARC of it.
I greatly respect the writer and the justice work she has done in the Church, but I don't think her wisdom translated into book form as well as it could have this time. I found the writing style detached and robotic and became frustrated at consistently defining obvious things and quoting someone else in what felt like every other paragraph. Many sections had original thoughts, but they weren't profound or insightful enough to hold my interest. The writing format was also difficult to follow, and what I'd read by the time I reached 32% didn't compel me to continue.
I greatly respect the writer and the justice work she has done in the Church, but I don't think her wisdom translated into book form as well as it could have this time. I found the writing style detached and robotic and became frustrated at consistently defining obvious things and quoting someone else in what felt like every other paragraph. Many sections had original thoughts, but they weren't profound or insightful enough to hold my interest. The writing format was also difficult to follow, and what I'd read by the time I reached 32% didn't compel me to continue.