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A review by whatannikareads
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
Did not finish book.
I'm gonna preface this that I have a skewed opinion because I wasn't in the mindset to read this, I don't think.
That being said, this book just let me down mostly. I saw in a review that said it sounds like a commencement speech, and I totally see that. It just read like a lot of inflated rhetoric that isn't super specifically helpful and, while she has the right to brag about her work because she's accomplished so much, it just didn't sit right with me that a lot of it was centered on her achievements.
She also referenced Gandhi a few times, and we don't like Gandhi anymore lol. This might've been more poignant if I was reading it during the Obama era, when it was written. While it still holds true to the atrocities we're experiencing now, I just didn't take away from this as much as I wanted to. However, I think her autobiography is still something I'd be down to check out.
That being said, this book just let me down mostly. I saw in a review that said it sounds like a commencement speech, and I totally see that. It just read like a lot of inflated rhetoric that isn't super specifically helpful and, while she has the right to brag about her work because she's accomplished so much, it just didn't sit right with me that a lot of it was centered on her achievements.
She also referenced Gandhi a few times, and we don't like Gandhi anymore lol. This might've been more poignant if I was reading it during the Obama era, when it was written. While it still holds true to the atrocities we're experiencing now, I just didn't take away from this as much as I wanted to. However, I think her autobiography is still something I'd be down to check out.