A review by ksmithcpa
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
3.0
3.5 stars
I have liked the books I’ve read by Ta-Nehisi Coates, so I was excited for a chance to read his YA adapted memoir. He is a great writer, but I think that’s the reason some of this book went over my head. He’s too smart for me.
This memoir is a coming-of-age memoir, describing his childhood in Baltimore. He was one of 7 children fathered by a member of the Black Panther party to 4 different women. That in and of itself would, no doubt, have brought some interesting familial relationships.
We follow his life as he grows, graduating from Woodlawn and having to decide what to do after graduating- go to the college of his parents’ choosing, or make his own path.
(Listeners of the Serial podcast will recognize his high school as the one Adnan Syed went to.)
Thank you to NetGalley for an Arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.
I have liked the books I’ve read by Ta-Nehisi Coates, so I was excited for a chance to read his YA adapted memoir. He is a great writer, but I think that’s the reason some of this book went over my head. He’s too smart for me.
This memoir is a coming-of-age memoir, describing his childhood in Baltimore. He was one of 7 children fathered by a member of the Black Panther party to 4 different women. That in and of itself would, no doubt, have brought some interesting familial relationships.
We follow his life as he grows, graduating from Woodlawn and having to decide what to do after graduating- go to the college of his parents’ choosing, or make his own path.
(Listeners of the Serial podcast will recognize his high school as the one Adnan Syed went to.)
Thank you to NetGalley for an Arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.