Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore, Book Review

Same Kind of Different as Me by Rob Hall and Denver Moore is a true story about the unlikely connection between a black man born on a plantation in rural Louisiana and a white man who grows up in Fort Worth, Texas. I’m not really a fan of nonfiction, but my wife read this book and she insisted that I should give it a try because it was “awesome”. So I did and she was right, it is a wonderful book.

The book is very encouraging and uplifting. In fact if you take a quick glance at the Amazon reviews you’ll see words like “powerful”, “captivating”, and “compassionate”. It’s not an action or a thriller, but I still found myself reading this novel for hours at a time.

The beginning of the novel is very eye opening as it gives deals on how many uneducated black people where still bound in a form of slavery in the mid 1900s. As the story progresses, the reader is given a window into homeless poverty in a urban setting.

Overall, I really enjoyed Same Kind of Different As Me and I was very encouraged as I closed the cover on this spiritual nonfictional story. At times like these when we are all threatened with a worldwide crisis this was a peaceful reminder of what is really important in life.

Rating: 8 out of 10