Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

비커밍 by Michelle Obama

8 reviews

daisymoffit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Wonderful. I love auto biographies of any kind, but this one in particular was extra intriguing because not only was it the story of Michelle Obama's life- it also felt like a peek into the political landscape of the last two decades from an insider's perspective. Genuinely interesting and surprisingly hopeful & inspiring, I left this book feeling motivated to make change and grateful for the people who do. Made me cry multiple times, Michelle did a very good job. Would recommend to any woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katie0528's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

The story of Michelle Obama, from her early life in a Southside Chicago apartment through the end of her husband's presidency. It is a story of her strenght and resillience of how she was able to climb from a poor Black family to First Lady of the United States. She is quick to name and credit those who helped lift and support her and her family, including friends, family members, colleagues, and support staff. She recounts both her and her husband's accomplishments and their daughters' lives. She does her best to be both realistic, talking about tragedy with due weight, while also keeping positive where she can. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Infertility, Miscarriage, Police brutality, and Classism

kdailyreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Xenophobia and Police brutality

marlee_grace's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Really enjoyed this! Was great to hear about Michelle and Barack's stories before being in the public eye, the struggles they endured and the changes they made :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

eib_21's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, and War

andreamatallin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and War

emilyltw's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

thejuliette's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

This book shows which factors shape you while growing up, but also further on in life. Growth and succes depend on the actions of the person, their circumstances and the people around them. Based on that i found this an reflective and inspiring book, but it didnt succeed in keeping my attention. Maybe biographies arent my genre. Nevertheless it's a decent book and centainly worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Police brutality

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy