Reviews

Sink: A Memoir by Joseph Earl Thomas

warren789's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

courtneyjane's review against another edition

5.0

Some summers you'll change shape and in the following years, relatives who used to fuck you up will say, "oh he got so big now" and reach up to try to pat you on the head and you slap their fucking hands down and stare in awe at their confusion.

mollief's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

It is a ROUGH read, but it’s a unique style.

birchmezz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

heydeij's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

brittanyplusbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

emilyjmasters's review against another edition

5.0

Super tough read, content-wise. I think it was a striking and unique choice to write a memoir in third person, but it also seems like it would probably be easier to write about some of these things like they happened to someone else 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, and Drug use

mnmeg's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

I'm still new at writing reviews/ratings. Being that this is a memoir - I am inclined to give all 5 stars - who am I to judge someone's story. I listened to this book and think that added to the experience greatly since the author did the narration. 

Parts of the story made me wince, including when I could feel my own racism rising up. 

There were so many relatable moments in this story and that helped me see how much racism divides us and our childhood experiences. I'm grateful to have read Joseph's story. 

withbdp's review against another edition

4.0

A raw and glittering memoir of growing up in the 2000's. I could relate to a lot of the lived experiences Thomas shared, specifically toxic masculinity, bullying, and unstable family home life. I just wanted to hug him by the time I was done.

kruton's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This definitely an adult and black version of A House on Mango Street. Very important read about how black children especially black boys are do often striped of their childhoods: truly the embodiment of we can't have nice things. Pretty brutal read but in the best way.