This is Ta-Nehisi Coates' newest novel chronicling the eight years of Barack Obama's presidency, through his eight-part book- each part representing one year of the presidency. While this lacks the same concentrated power found in his previous works, it still packs a punch with its sobering look at racism in America, even during a time when a Black man was our president. Each of the eight parts consists of one of his essays that were released in the corresponding year, as well as some prefacing notes. This was a bit harder for me to get through than his other work- in part because it was a bit drawn-out and in part because oh my god what is our world. But it is such an important work that I believe will be read for years to come.

*Note: I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*