I don’t generally review books that aren’t strictly theological, but I recently read the book “Same Kind of Different as Me” after I was sent a complementary copy. I thought I would share a little bit about it.
The book takes a look at the lives of two men.One is a successful art dealer, the other is a homeless man. It tracks both of their lives from childhood until they meet, and then begins to share the story of how the met and grew to love and trust one another.
This book is unique among many books like this. It’s not a book about how to save the poor, but rather a book about how people need one another.
In it the rich white guy learns from the poor black guy. That was nice to see. Most books of this sort seem to turn the white man into the savior.
I really enjoyed reading it for the most part because it was easy to read and entertaining. It’s the kind of book you can read when you just want to relax and read something nice, and the book was nice.
I can’t say it was all great though. It’s a little over the top at times, and the spirituality sometimes seems forced. There is a way that the poor black man is still turned into the other. He is portrayed as a bit of a mystical prophet in a way that bothered me a little. It seemed forced, and it made him seem like a different “kind” of person. If anyone else has read this book I’d love to hear what they thought of it.
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