Reviews

A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

cathebes's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

nah_justaw0rm's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

lydia_woolf's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

lisamchuk's review against another edition

4.0

This is hard to read at times, both in terms of subject matter and complexity of writing, but is at the same time lyrical and insightful.

juforrester's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

amberhammer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

melinda_and_her_books's review

2.0

I got a copy of the audiobook from Libro FM for an honest review. Although the book is a memoir and I hate to give memoirs less than 5 stars. I found the audiobook pretty boring and the the narrator/author was very monotone the whole time. Some parts went into way more detail than I wanted to hear but it was interesting to hear his story still.

autisticbucky's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Suicide

almabritta's review

4.0

“We didn’t have time to hang our grief up to dry”

This book is a collection of Billy-Ray Belcourts thoughts, feelings and experiences through the lens of political injustice and through the hands of a colonised body.

It is powerful, strong and important with great quotes. However I feel like some parts were just a wierd mix of the most poetic thing of all time and talking about sex with very problematic men. Which was quite the contrast.

This book was like nothing I had ever read before.

If I see you reading this I will think you’re a cultured and cool queen!

enbylievable's review against another edition

5.0

Shattering, incredible