Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur

3 reviews

meganpbell's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

This memoir astonished and altered me. Coming of age as an American Sikh in the aftermath of 9/11, Valarie Kaur’s dedication to making a difference and her extraordinary courage in the face of hate crimes, police brutality, and sexual assault are made only more remarkable by her resilient compassion toward those who’d harm her. Read this if you believe a better world takes both courage and kindness and you’d like to become more of both.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Racism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicide attempt and Torture

beth_simmons's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book should be required reading at this moment in our society. Full of insight, hope, and honesty, Kaur's idea of revolutionary love and how we practice it is so engaging it needs more than one read-through. I led a discussion about it which was supposed to be a single one-hour session. Instead, we stretched it out over four sessions which all went well past the time allotted. It is just so full. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Hate crime, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, and Medical content

readalongwithnat's review

5.0

Absolutely heart wrenching. Touched on so many topics but they were woven together so intricately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Racism, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Medical content, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, and Death of parent