Barack Obama's memoir was the third similar book I had read, beginning the Michelle Obama's Becoming and Hillary Clinton's What Happened.
His style of writing reminded of a recent read (the best book of the year to date) called The Sky Is Not the Limit, by celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. They both seem to write capsules of information. In the latter's case, some were essays published on their own. I think this is a smart way to write.
I found it interesting to see how the three authors linked together in time, and how they referred to each other, or didn't. I wondered what I missing from not reading their previous books, in the case of Hillary and Barack. At some points in all their stories, I felt angry, which I found hard to explain.
"You show me someone okay with losing, and I'll show you a loser."
Gates: "something short of friends"
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