laceej88's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not much of a non-fiction reader. Generally, I prefer a new world to get immersed in. Unknown people that I can get to know and either love or hate, rather than having a predisposed feeling toward.
This, however, presented the material on a very public figure's life interestingly and beautifully. The non-linear "story-telling" and presentation definitely kept me engaged as a reader. It was also extremely informative. And while I do feel that there was a good deal of glorifying, it also did not attempt to deify a man who has left a very important legacy. Mandela was presented as human, mortal, and therefore also flawed. He could've became a number of things, but instead Mandela became a leader and father of a nation, and this biography gives a different insight into the life of a great man.
This, however, presented the material on a very public figure's life interestingly and beautifully. The non-linear "story-telling" and presentation definitely kept me engaged as a reader. It was also extremely informative. And while I do feel that there was a good deal of glorifying, it also did not attempt to deify a man who has left a very important legacy. Mandela was presented as human, mortal, and therefore also flawed. He could've became a number of things, but instead Mandela became a leader and father of a nation, and this biography gives a different insight into the life of a great man.
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