A review by lauraborkpower
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

5.0

This is a remarkable piece of work that is often more poetry than prose and that made me feel as though I was seeing Coates's heart, pulsing with life and love and aching with anger and pain. He writes about his eyes -- his beautiful eyes -- and they are beautiful, because it is through his eyes that we can see the Mecca of Howard University's grounds and all the human beauty that is there, and the run-down section of State Street in Chicago as he drives. We see everything as he sees it, and this job, this job that is essential for good writers to be able to do well, is a hard job to do well. Coates does it.

Listening to this audiobook was emotional, and I recommend it for everyone, even those who have already read this book. Coates narrates himself, and it's perfect to hear his voice, a strong, low voice that rumbles often with an emotion that reaches out to touch the reader.

He has given his son a tremendous gift, and we as a reading community are so lucky to have been let in on this as well.