kmuskiewicz 's review for:

Becoming by Michelle Obama
3.0

Well, it’s not bad by any means. Obama is a very lyrical writer. It’s just that she’s also very private, and private people who write books don’t tend to offer insights into anything, because they are private people. So I enjoyed the first half but also felt like I was being kept at arms length, and then when it got to Obama’s senate run, it was just things I knew, albeit from the other side. I’m sure there were engaging stories in the second half, but I was checked out.