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I honestly don't know how to review this book, other than to say that it is amazing and everyone needs to read or listen to it. Since the author reads the book himself, I felt like it gave it an extra level of meaning to listen to it. You can hear even more clearly the combination of poetry and logic and philosophy at work in Coates hard-won view of the world. This work is sad and beautiful, tender about those he loves, stern about the issues that haunt them, and him, and everyone else this nati
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Bingo - Memoir. another book I planned for 2015 summer bingo but didn't read until November. It was probably good that a few months had passed after Go Set a Watchman. I hesitate to include that title anywhere close to this one, but it was that book that put this one on my TBR. So many people have written poignant reviews about this book.
Let me simply say this: it is beautifully written and it hit me hard in places I'm not used to.
I am a privileged white american. I love so much about this cou ...more
Let me simply say this: it is beautifully written and it hit me hard in places I'm not used to.
I am a privileged white american. I love so much about this cou ...more
I wanted so badly to rate this 4 stars when I started. I thought it was slightly repetitive, maybe too militant for my tastes. By the end, the tiny things that irked me about Coates' writing were either resolved, or had come to resonate with me. This book is pure poetry. I recommend reading it with the same heart and mind with which you might approach poetry. It brought me to tears many times.
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This is one of the most powerful books I've ever read.
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Aug 08, 2015
Camille
marked it as to-read
Aug 10, 2015
Jess
marked it as to-read
Yes.
Aug 12, 2015
Denise Cormaney
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Feb 15, 2016
Nicola O.
marked it as to-read
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