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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela
DNF….and I feel like a terrible person admitting, that after almost 2 years of listening to this 28 hour audiobook, I’m throwing in the towel.
There is no doubt that Nelson Mandela is one of the most fascinating people of the 20th century, but he’s also incredibly verbose with a predilection for accounting every minute detail of his life. I have listened to 20 hours of this audiobook and don’t feel like I’m any closer to understanding him or his journey. And to be fair, I don’t think I’m the target audience for his book…I’m guessing he wrote it for his fellow people in South Africa. With so many details of different people, seemingly insignificant interactions with them, and so many acronyms there was no way to keep count, I could not follow this story to get any notable details of his life. It read like he published his daily journal with no editing. I am glad I gave it a try, and perhaps a shorter biography would suit me better
There is no doubt that Nelson Mandela is one of the most fascinating people of the 20th century, but he’s also incredibly verbose with a predilection for accounting every minute detail of his life. I have listened to 20 hours of this audiobook and don’t feel like I’m any closer to understanding him or his journey. And to be fair, I don’t think I’m the target audience for his book…I’m guessing he wrote it for his fellow people in South Africa. With so many details of different people, seemingly insignificant interactions with them, and so many acronyms there was no way to keep count, I could not follow this story to get any notable details of his life. It read like he published his daily journal with no editing. I am glad I gave it a try, and perhaps a shorter biography would suit me better