goldripred's reviews
128 reviews

Gives an intimate look at Barack Obama's life pre-presidency and helps understand the man in office before he became president. It's a bit more focused than Dream of my father but it's still quite good. Also is more interesting to see how as president he changed in certain ways from his stated positions.

This book was quite good. It shows a fledgling politician before he became a well oiled machine. The effects of his father having left his family on its own is shown to have a outsized effect on Obama's life. It's interesting to see in how many ways that Obama's life could have changed in small ways that would have turned him from the heights he eventually reached. His conclusions don't quite have a strong ending point or call to action which I found interesting. He's simply telling a story and not trying to convince or badger the reader.

Really good. A bit of a thriller but also an introspective look at love and life. The descriptions of the marsh were very pretty, and the combative trials was electric.

Very entertaining and the language was hilarious. Uproariously good, with “Hello ugly”, and “aged relative”. Just wonderful and the code of never betraying friends. Just spot on and completely off the wall. His style of writing boasted such gall that I was taken aback in a good way.

Definitely not as good as the previous PJ Wodehouse book I read. I see why the reviews were a bit lower for this edition. A bit workmanlike without a great deal of variety to this one. Just a collection of short stories really.

Pretty good dystopia but the author was somewhat regressive. Like it's odd how he makes the savage so judgmental and problematic. Like he shouldn't have been quite so over-the-top in his disapproval of the society. Also I realize the ending was suboptimal.

Excellent. The imagery was beautiful and I liked how accurate the translation was from spoken spanish. The character of Pablo was the most interesting and the girl. In general every character was well thought out and put together. The description of the romance was tasteful and vibrant. The war itself had good descriptions and showed how dumb it all is. The ending was the best and was surprisingly the part of the book I enjoyed the most.

Found the book very informative. It's about AI and I found it really interesting to see his hypotheses on how life will turn out. Don't want to give anything away so I suggest reading it to be immersed in the future of AI.