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

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

I have so many thoughts about this incredible book, but I'll try to keep this simple. This is necessary reading. Written as a letter to his 15 year old son, Coates details different parts of his life - growing up as a black boy in Baltimore in the 90s, attending Howard University, bringing a child into the world, etc. It's an examination of violence against black bodies, which has been, and continues to be part of the American system and legacy. It's a harrowing, bleak, honest, and hopeful essay, that left me with tears in my eyes by the end.