A review by amyvl93
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

 I really liked this collection of essays from Coates on the experience of living as a black man in Obama's America, into the 2016 election and Trump's successful presidential campaign - they have all been published elsewhere before I believe, but with the exception of the reparations essay they were all new to me. There's a bit of repetition in theme and references at times, but in general the writing in this is challenging, impactful and engaging.