jschmidt10's review
5.0
Great listen on the summer of ‘85 in Philly, and the two area-altering events that took place - the police bombing of MOVE and the Live Aid concert. I was 8 that summer and remember both, but appreciate a deeper understanding. I learned a great deal from this!
amathompson8's review
5.0
So good!! Excellently narrated by Kevin Hart. Very insightful about two big events, one that almost everyone knows and one that many have never heard of, in Philadelphia. Definitely worth a listen.
jacobjonk's review
4.0
A heart breaking piece of history that shows how bad racial relations in the US have been in the semimodern era. This telling of the story of the bombing of the move organization and Osage avenue is juxtaposed Against liveaid which happened in the same city just months later. It's important to history as it shows an example of political-police corruption and brutality stretching back to the 80s. This is the kind of story that isn't taught in schools yet and may never be but it should be as I think it's valuable to dissect the political racial tension of the 20th century moving into the 21st century especially so that it isn't swept under the rug to be forgotten.
lindsayymack's review
3.0
More of a podcast than an audio book... still a well-written expose of MOVE in contrast to LiveAID. Kevin Hart rightly calls out that many Philadelphians do not know what happened with MOVE - I had read the Inq's very good anniversary coverage of it in 2015 and actually do know about its history but get it... it's not commonly spoken of in Philly's racial, political and policing issues these days. Maybe I didn't know the details nor the overlap with LiveAID and the other events of that year, which gave the book another angle that had more celeb-drop-in and audio clips that detracted from the sheer rage and sorrow, i suppose purposefully so. The juxtaposition is pretty stark and questions are still apt, and Hart is an impassioned narrator.
cleches's review
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Gun violence
sharunsworld's review
3.0
Great audiobook. I never had heard about MOVE. I’ve always been moved by Live Aid. The behind the scenes is quite interesting.
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