merrynthomas's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Police brutality, Racism, Child death, Death, War, Death of parent, Violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, and Terminal illness
kdailyreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Cancer, Racism, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Violence, Infertility, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical content, War, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Police brutality and Xenophobia
marlee_grace's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia, War, Miscarriage, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Grief, Cancer, Death, Police brutality, Murder, Islamophobia, Rape, Suicide, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Infertility, Sexism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
faithaforman's review
4.0
Michelle's story is inspiring, empowering, and at times heartbreaking. A true testament to hard work, perseverance, and a desire to help people and how much of an impact one person can have.
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, and Terminal illness
Minor: Infertility, Police brutality, Slavery, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Fire/Fire injury
Pacing begins quite slow but does pick up progressively as the book goes on.jbabbm's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Gun violence
Moderate: Racism, Child death, Death, and Chronic illness
Minor: Miscarriage, Grief, and Police brutality
imnotadorableimpunk's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Cancer, Classism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Racism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Sexism, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infertility, and Misogyny
puckeverlasting's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Gun violence, Child death, Racism, and Death
Gorgeous all around. A phenomenal readnebraskanwriter's review against another edition
3.5
Though I am not super into politics, I found this memoir interesting, heartbreaking and enlightening. Michelle tackles the monumentous task of encompassing her entire life as well as her husband’s presidency into this book. She begins by talking about growing up in Chicago, going to law school, becoming an attorney, how her and Barack met.
She talks about how her and Barack were always passionate about helping others and making things better for people. Which then over time led Barack to go into politics which then eventually catapulted him into the role of becoming President of the United States.
Throughout it all, from moving into the White House to traveling over to England to meet the Queen, Michelle’s focus was always on her children and making sure they could live the best life possible.
I feel like that is my biggest take away from this book. No matter what party you align yourself with, at the end of the day, Michelle was a mother and a wife. She and her husband did what they thought was best for America for their girls’ future. Whether that was successful or not is of your opinion but the love Michelle feels toward her husband and her children was evident and beautifully written. Trying to grapple with any little bit of sense of normalcy with the secret service never letting you leave their sight, aids leaving a thick binder every night for you to review and be briefed on the next day, going to funerals of gun violence victims. The weight of what any world leader goes through is immense, at times soul crushing like with the Sandy Hook shooting. But then there were also moments of happiness and success.
Being president and a president’s wife is not a glamorous job. Everyone projects their problems onto you. These people believed so passionately in making a difference in the world that they gave up 8 years of normalcy, of privacy, of having a simple life, to make America a better place. Or at least they tried to. And I find that admirable.
Graphic: Grief, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Racism, War, Cursing, Misogyny, Violence, Abandonment, Bullying, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, and Panic attacks/disorders
charlotte_helen's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Death and Gun violence
haleybyman's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Death of parent, Death, Classism, and Racism