A review by maryquitecontrary_22
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs

3.0

[Listened to the audiobook narrated by George Newbern]. . . Robert Peace's story is like watching a train wreck unfold in slow motion. The title made me think it would be about a successful man from a rough background who was a victim of circumstance, when in fact, it's about a man with incredible potential whose poor life choices result in his tragic death. I think that's what made it even harder to read. Not sure whether to be more heartbroken or angry over the direction Peace's life ended up taking. I thought Hobbs mostly did a good job of balancing the two ideas of whether it was Peace's environment that caused his troublesome behavior, or of his own doing.