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rachblank's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: War
Minor: Cancer, Death, Racism, and Cultural appropriation
fkshg8465's review against another edition
3.0
I wish he’d addressed border control, specifically about how children had been separated from parents and supposedly held in cages. I remember seeing the News York Times article and being shocked. I realize it came out after this book, but the events happened during his presidency. Maybe Biden will write about it when it’s his turn…
Three stars because it was basically a well written brag book that his daughters can read and feel good about.
Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
bloodmaarked's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: War and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racism
_p0ssum_'s review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and War
Moderate: Violence
elisalasater's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and War
mlphipps1991's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Abortion
housedesignerking's review against another edition
4.0
Let no one say that Barack Obama is unintelligent. This book was clearly written by a well-educated man, and my love affair with his way with words was obvious to my fiancé as we read this together. This president's way with words is not only engaging but also riveting and funny at times. To the dismay of my younger self, I really didn't find many disagreements between this president and myself. The first thing I could really say that I disagreed with him on (as far as the time covered in this book) was on pg 234: one of the first things he did as president was lift President W. Bush's moratorium on federally funded embryonic stem cell research. His words on growing up black were educational and eye-opening. I don't personally agree with some of his viewpoints regarding what is and isn't racially motivated, but being of two 'minorities' myself, I can definitely see how those perceptions can come to be. Aside from those, I could see why he made certain decisions, or my objection was about something so small that it isn't even worth mentioning. With this book, he went from his childhood to political life to his 2008 campaign and election and comes to a close on the death of Osama bin Laden. That final chapter was both harrowing and surreal and probably is for anyone who is old enough to remember September 11th, 2001.
It's 2022 as I type this, and though my younger self would probably be shocked and would protest, I will say that he was a good president. I still maintain that my lack of support for his candidacy had nothing to do with race: it was simply about who I thought was the lesser of two evils, but I will say that today, I somewhat wish I had supported him... At least the first time. I still maintain that Romney would be a great president, and I'm still a moderate republican. I'm not sure how much more praise a formerly unsupportive voter could give after what I've written, so I will end by saying that I give this book 4 stars. It's one heck of a book!
Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Deportation
zara89's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Cultural appropriation, and War
Minor: Genocide and Antisemitism
hazelgirl21's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Death and War
whatjasread's review against another edition
2.0
• literal king of waffle
• the parts leading up to his presidency were more interesting than his actual presidency
• so much name dropping I don’t remember a single person except Michelle and our lass Lizzie R
TWs: war, death, racism, islamophobia, gun violence, cancer, terrorism, homophobia, torture, mentions of 9/11
Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Racism, and Islamophobia
Moderate: Death and War
Minor: Homophobia and Torture