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A bit more generous - 2.5 stars.
I really wanted to love this book. I did enjoy learning about Sotomayor's life from an early childhood and the struggles of having to grow up fast when her father died.
But then it became a little too predictable and emotionally disengaged. It sounded more like a lawyer narration of a story that didn't compel me to feel passionate about it. It became a neutral tone and it was hard to get through.
The parts I enjoyed the most were the four high profile cases she des ...more
I really wanted to love this book. I did enjoy learning about Sotomayor's life from an early childhood and the struggles of having to grow up fast when her father died.
But then it became a little too predictable and emotionally disengaged. It sounded more like a lawyer narration of a story that didn't compel me to feel passionate about it. It became a neutral tone and it was hard to get through.
The parts I enjoyed the most were the four high profile cases she des ...more
I read this book when it first came out, and I re-read it for the senior book club discussion group I lead at the library. I forgot how truly exceptional it is!
Having recently read Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming, I was struck by the similarities in their backgrounds. Both women came from lower-class urban backgrounds. Both grew up in communities that do not typically launch Ivy League scholars who go on to have impressive careers at the highest levels of society. And both women credit the ste ...more
Having recently read Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming, I was struck by the similarities in their backgrounds. Both women came from lower-class urban backgrounds. Both grew up in communities that do not typically launch Ivy League scholars who go on to have impressive careers at the highest levels of society. And both women credit the ste ...more
I have admired and respected Justice Sotomayor as a public figure and trailblazer. Her memoir is a very good piece of writing that humanizes her and tells interesting stories of how she came to be who she is, and indeed who she always has been. There are some imperfections of repetition and a bit of overly-detailed parts, but it is a well put-together story of her journey to judgehood.
Jan 30, 2013
Colleen
marked it as to-read
