A review by bibliobiophile
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
3.0
3.5 stars.
In honor of Black History month, I wanted to read a book every week by a black author, and having enjoyed the artful craft of Coates before, I wanted to give his literary debut a go. It's a beautifully and honestly written collection of stories about his coming of age as a black man in Baltimore, but it still feels like a young author's autobiography (which it is) and we all know how I feel about that. That said, it's one of the better (probably the best) young author's autobiography I've read so far.
In honor of Black History month, I wanted to read a book every week by a black author, and having enjoyed the artful craft of Coates before, I wanted to give his literary debut a go. It's a beautifully and honestly written collection of stories about his coming of age as a black man in Baltimore, but it still feels like a young author's autobiography (which it is) and we all know how I feel about that. That said, it's one of the better (probably the best) young author's autobiography I've read so far.