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A review by veganheathen
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
5.0
This book was recommended in so many different places. I can see why. It was absolutely amazing. I listened to the audiobook version and quite enjoyed hearing the words in the author's own voice. I feel like it added something, especially as a white woman reading about what it's like to be black in America.
This book is beautifully written. The juxtaposition of the elegant prose with the raw and unapologetically honest subject matter felt slightly unsettling, but in a good way, and definitely helped to add to the rawness of the book. Coates tells his story as a letter to his son and is not trying to sugar-coat or add false hope to anything. He just tells you what happened and how he felt with candor. I highly recommend reading this book (or listening to it, like I did). It's beautiful and real.
This book is beautifully written. The juxtaposition of the elegant prose with the raw and unapologetically honest subject matter felt slightly unsettling, but in a good way, and definitely helped to add to the rawness of the book. Coates tells his story as a letter to his son and is not trying to sugar-coat or add false hope to anything. He just tells you what happened and how he felt with candor. I highly recommend reading this book (or listening to it, like I did). It's beautiful and real.