lostcupofstars 's review for:

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

3.0

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Ah I enjoyed the first half of this a lot. But then it veered off into heavier sports talk, religion and politics and it lost my interest. The politics felt shallow for me, and I truly do not care about sports so while I appreciated the basketballisms in the beginning, by the second half it felt heavier, almost like I was being forced to sit next to a hardcore basketball fan and listen to them talk watching a live match 😂

I really did love the depth of the first half, especially with the focus on the beauty of baldness, family haircuts, his dad eating and gesticulating etc.
Those things were well built and I felt connected to those moments.