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Brown Enough: True Stories About Love, Violence, the Student Loan Crisis, Hollywood, Race, Familia, and Making It in America by Christopher Rivas
5.0
Favorite quote: "The burden of change has been placed on the ones who have needed others to change for far too long."
Review:
I love memoirs. I just love hearing or reading about people's stories. You learn so much when you get to see life from someone else's perspective. Adn this was no exception.
Christopher Rivas reflects on most of the important subjects impacting us today: college, racial justice, economics, the pandemic, human relationships...
It was so intriguing to hear about his journey from New York to his career now; how he navigated this world, and managed to make it his own.
This is the kind of book that makes you reflect on your own life journey so far, what you've managed to accomplish.
But it wasn't some kind of lesson. It was just a man, telling his story. Making you laugh at times, and cry during other chapters.
The audiobook version is narrated by Christopher Rivas himself. I'm always fond of authors narrating their own memoirs and autobiography. I find it adds authenticity to the book. The narration here was perfect. It fluid and perfectly paced.
I can only recommend listening to this book if you want to read it!
Thank you NetGalley, Row House/OrangeSky Audio and the author for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Disclaimer: I'm not in a habit of rating memoir, because it oddly feels like rating someone's life? But since a rating is required here, I've decided to make it about the quality of the writing, the fluidity of it and about the audio narration. Thus making it a 5 star read for me.
Review:
I love memoirs. I just love hearing or reading about people's stories. You learn so much when you get to see life from someone else's perspective. Adn this was no exception.
Christopher Rivas reflects on most of the important subjects impacting us today: college, racial justice, economics, the pandemic, human relationships...
It was so intriguing to hear about his journey from New York to his career now; how he navigated this world, and managed to make it his own.
This is the kind of book that makes you reflect on your own life journey so far, what you've managed to accomplish.
But it wasn't some kind of lesson. It was just a man, telling his story. Making you laugh at times, and cry during other chapters.
The audiobook version is narrated by Christopher Rivas himself. I'm always fond of authors narrating their own memoirs and autobiography. I find it adds authenticity to the book. The narration here was perfect. It fluid and perfectly paced.
I can only recommend listening to this book if you want to read it!
Thank you NetGalley, Row House/OrangeSky Audio and the author for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Disclaimer: I'm not in a habit of rating memoir, because it oddly feels like rating someone's life? But since a rating is required here, I've decided to make it about the quality of the writing, the fluidity of it and about the audio narration. Thus making it a 5 star read for me.