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A review by yaahjiminah
Becoming by Michelle Obama
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
I listened to this as an audiobook
This book is great. Well written and well read by Michelle.
The parts about her life before she became first lady were my most favorite especially her childhood and her undergrad days at Princeton.
It got a bit more tedious for me towards the end, where I think she was being very wordy and verbose.
Overall a very inspiring story and book for underprivileged people with big dreams and confidence in their dreams, for women, for people of color. It lays bare America's issues with slavery, racism and discrimination against poor people especially if they are poor and not white. I also find it refreshing how Michelle shouts out all the people who helped her along her journey in meaningful/supportive or even obstructive ways.
I also like how she did not shy away from describing problems modern women face and how they have to do the bulk of domestic labor and give up or put their dreams on hold to take on domestic and child rearing/caretaking roles. President or not, men seem to not pull their weight at home. This was a revelation for me regarding President Obama
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes Michelle, who wants to know more about her life with President Obama and their love story (Which I knew nothing about), her struggles and her triumphs, to young people especially to young women with dreams.
This book is great. Well written and well read by Michelle.
The parts about her life before she became first lady were my most favorite especially her childhood and her undergrad days at Princeton.
It got a bit more tedious for me towards the end, where I think she was being very wordy and verbose.
Overall a very inspiring story and book for underprivileged people with big dreams and confidence in their dreams, for women, for people of color. It lays bare America's issues with slavery, racism and discrimination against poor people especially if they are poor and not white. I also find it refreshing how Michelle shouts out all the people who helped her along her journey in meaningful/supportive or even obstructive ways.
I also like how she did not shy away from describing problems modern women face and how they have to do the bulk of domestic labor and give up or put their dreams on hold to take on domestic and child rearing/caretaking roles. President or not, men seem to not pull their weight at home. This was a revelation for me regarding President Obama
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes Michelle, who wants to know more about her life with President Obama and their love story (Which I knew nothing about), her struggles and her triumphs, to young people especially to young women with dreams.