Book Review – The Shape of My Eyes – A Memoir of Race Faith and Finding Myself by Dave Gibbons

I do not say this as a negative to Mr. Dave Gibbons. He writes well enough and he told his story in a well laid out way. However, I just did not see anything that made his story one worth telling in book form. I didn’t know anything about Gibbons before picking up his book and halfway through I was waiting for something that would let me know that this was a book worth reading. Gibbons grew up the son of a Vietnam Vet GI and Korean mother and he experiences racism and heartbreak from his family. These are really standard life events and going through there isn’t much that stands out. Again, Gibbons’ life is worthy and those close to him should know it. Is it worth reading about a half-white/half-Korean person who grows up to be a leader of a diverse church? Meh. The writing is really straightforward and there isn’t a lot of prose to punch up life events or to make one think deeper into life in general. Dave Gibbons has a life worth living but to me, I don’t think it’s a life worth reading.