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One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America
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bookshelves: anticipated-releases-2019, 2-star, read-in-2019, nonfiction
Oct 21, 2019
bookshelves: anticipated-releases-2019, 2-star, read-in-2019, nonfiction
Thank you to Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
DNF @ 28%. I really hate to say it, but I had to put this down. The idea was so great, but the execution was lacking.
At first, I was really enjoying the writing, as it discussed a lot of topics that I'm currently learning about in school and I found that to be especially engaging. However, once that part ended I was left with disappointment.
Each story became more boring than the previous (the first one was very strong), and while I applaud the author for putting as much time and effort into this book as he did, I don't applaud him for the oversexualized descriptions of women and some of the commentary against the validity of cultural appropriation.
After both of those offenses, I decided that I couldn't continue. It's truly a shame, as I was very excited about the release of this book. You win some, you lose some, I suppose.
DNF @ 28%. I really hate to say it, but I had to put this down. The idea was so great, but the execution was lacking.
At first, I was really enjoying the writing, as it discussed a lot of topics that I'm currently learning about in school and I found that to be especially engaging. However, once that part ended I was left with disappointment.
Each story became more boring than the previous (the first one was very strong), and while I applaud the author for putting as much time and effort into this book as he did, I don't applaud him for the oversexualized descriptions of women and some of the commentary against the validity of cultural appropriation.
After both of those offenses, I decided that I couldn't continue. It's truly a shame, as I was very excited about the release of this book. You win some, you lose some, I suppose.
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Reading Progress
June 8, 2019
– Shelved
June 8, 2019
– Shelved as:
to-read
June 17, 2019
– Shelved as:
anticipated-releases-2019
October 14, 2019
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Started Reading
October 20, 2019
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16.0%
October 21, 2019
– Shelved as:
2-star
October 21, 2019
– Shelved as:
read-in-2019
October 21, 2019
– Shelved as:
nonfiction
October 21, 2019
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Finished Reading
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Jul 07, 2020 12:56PM
For me, I finished it and thought it was good, but very, very grim. I was not expecting every story to be so dark. I feel like there had to be more happening on that day than murder, children dying, rapes, and spousal abuse.
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