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I had to read this book for one of my school classes. I was interested in this book because I thought it would be interesting to read what this man has gone through. Yet when I started reading, there was nothing exciting or gripping to make me read on. Obama manages to write 4 pages on the morals behind a lady that wore colored contacts one day. It has nothing to do with the story and makes you lose attention. It gets interesting when Obama hears who his father really was. But immidiately after that, the interest is lost. I myself have not lived in America during the time of this book, and am not an African American. This book doesn't say much to me. Finally I think that he should have spend more time discussing his mother and the influences she had on his life. I wouldn't recommend this book if you do not like books that sometimes lose track of the main plot.