Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama


I had to buy the book, he's making history right now. But I have to be honest about my review. I couldn't finish it. Not to say that other people won't enjoy it, you may find yourself completely engrossed in it. The title lured me in, this moment in the campaign lured me in and as quickly as it lured me in I was turned off and filing this on a book shelf. He's an amazing speaker, but he's a complete political writer. After half of the first chapter (fifteen or so pages of name dropping and politic theories and how he came to his position) I flipped back to the ninth chapter about his family and enjoyed that...well, tolerably. The book is closed, not to say that the man himself is not amazing but that it's just not my cup of tea. In fact, since I like tea so well, I would have to say that this is more like a cup of barley juice rather than tea at all.
One thing I must add to argue with certain rumors spread about him, he loves his mama and much of what he bases his platform on are the hardships he watched his mama strive through.


jlw

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