Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

6 reviews

heathergudaz95's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Gun violence, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Grief, and Death

ollie_again's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual violence, Child death, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Racial slurs

noahsingh's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Drug use

booksandbrews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Violence

rorikae's review

challenging informative sad fast-paced

4.5

'The Fire This Time' is an excellent collection of essays on race in America. Split into three sections, one that centers on the past, one on the present, and one on the future, Jesmyn Ward has curated an excellent group of essays, poetry, and memoir pieces that speak to what it is like to be Black in America. Each discusses a truth through personal experience, such as what it is like to walk around a city as a Black man and the conversations that Black parents have to have with their children about living in America as a Black child. Many of these pieces touch on the Charleston Church shooting in 2015 and the death of Michael Brown. 
I think one of the most heartbreaking parts about this book is how relevant it still is while also feeling dated because of how much has happened in the last year. I think an updated edition would definitely talk about George Floyd and Breonna Taylor's murders and I wonder if we will see a second edition that includes even more pieces. I highly recommend this collection, particularly the audiobook as the narrators help bring these pieces to life. I think this is essential reading.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

mandkips's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Police brutality, Gun violence, Xenophobia, and Physical abuse