A review by byrningup
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

5.0

Is this version the most flawless iterations of what it could be? No. Obama himself admits in the intro that it's too long and could have been written better. It's not a book that is trying to provide an unbiased account of the events, but rather the events as they were experienced by this person, and I think that is valuable in itself. This book was so fascinating on so many levels. I wasn't engaged in politics for most of Obama's presidency, and so many of the events and controversies were new to me. Yes, this book is long, but I never found it boring and in many places I found it heartfelt and wonderful, and I'm definitely interested in the next installment.