Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

13 reviews

emmalemonnz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I loved listening to this in Woodson's own voice. 
This is a beautiful memoir of childhood, of belonging, of family, and of stories. The power of the novel in verse is vibrant and visceral. 
It's about the importance of listening, of representation in literature, of finding your brilliance, and of telling your stories. 
I love how Woodson's family stories are so central to her own. I love how a sense of place and the things you're told about the place you live, and your place in the world, are so clearly linked to self worth and belief in yourself. 
I love the world through Woodson's lens. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Slavery

evelynnnn33333's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Death, Bullying, and Grief

erins_bookshelf_'s review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

I don’t read much poetry but I really liked the poems in this! I liked that they weren’t all necessarily the same type of rhyme scheme and that they all told a story when read together. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

katelynprice's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

Lovely! I highlighted a lot of great lines about childhood, heritage, and identity. It was an honor to hear Woodson tell about her life and experiences growing up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Car accident, and Child death

beccacondon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Racism, Alcoholism, Grief, and Emotional abuse

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Body shaming, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Grief, Chronic illness, Ableism, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

keeganrb's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism

quirkko24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Classism, Slavery, and War

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

This was really good! I really liked learning about her history because she grew up in a very important time. I also really liked getting to know her family. This did take me a while to get into with the poetry, but after like 50 to 100 pages it was easy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, and Sexism

sfbookgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This work of nonfiction is a masterpiece. Wood tells the story of her childhood in South Carolina and New York in verse. Split between two homes, Wood never fully feels at home in either place. Having grown up during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and 70s, Wood gives readers a glimpse into her life in which she learns to find her voice through writing at a young age. It’s difficult to put into words how much I enjoyed this book. Run, not walk, to pick it up at your local library or bookstore! 

 

“I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Death