A review by tracithomas
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

TNC is so incredibly talented. This book sings with his skill at crafting prose essays. The arguments are not as clear as I would have liked, but he’s grappling with so much it is extremely worthy of time and thought. It ends in an unexpected place which took me out of it but overall this is a big yes. It is bold and brave and provocative (but not for provocation’s sake). His thinking on Palestine is where I felt most connected to his own humanity and struggle. It is the centerpiece of the thing and maybe didn’t need the other essays, but they’re there and they’re good.