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

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This was such a beautiful peace of work. I have always wanted to, but have never read, a work by Coates before this. All I can say is that I was missing out. His writing is poetic yet impactful. I do recommend the audiobook format as it is read by the author and that format really captures the emotion behind every written word in this work. The narrative is told from the perspective of a father speaking to his son. There is so much love here, but it also a warning. A warning to a son about how society will treat him based on his skin tone. It is a history lesson of how throughout history black bodies have been abused and used. It elaborates on the current injustices that exist in our society based on a historical bias that has continued to be perpetuated. We continue to pay the consequences of the ignorance and prejudice that has been passed down from the rich white elite in the United States and around the world. I don't own a physical copy of this book, but I definitely plan on getting one so I can reread this and annotate. One of the best reading experiences I had this year. 5/5 stars for me.
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