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sprocketthecat's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Grief, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Misogyny
buzzybuzzybeefudge's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Racism, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Genocide, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Pedophilia, and Infidelity
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia
jasbeingjas's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcoholism, and Sexual violence
meganbyrd77's review
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Colonisation, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders
ceallaighsbooks's review against another edition
4.5
“‘My story is like a falling star,’ I said as we watched a small universe blaze and fall from the sky. ‘That star was a person. It was a being of fire that laughed and cried. Someone is missing that star in the sky. The star’s lover is bereft, calling its name.’ As I spoke, I realized that I did not want to be alone beneath the eternal sweep of the sky.”
“I often painted or drew through the night, when most of the world slept and it was easier to walk through he membrane between life and death to bring back memory. I painted to the music of silence. It was here I could hear everything.”
“There are many doorways in our lives. Some are small and hidden in the ordinary. Others are gaping and obvious, like the car wreck we walk away from, meeting someone and falling in love, or an earthquake followed by a tsunami. When we walk through them to the other side, everything changes.”
- WHITE MAGIC, by Elissa Washuta
- THERE THERE, by Tommy Orange
- THE TRUTH ABOUT STORIES, by Thomas King
- THE WAYS OF MY GRANDMOTHERS, by Beverly Hungry Wolf—TBR
- THE WORLD WE USED TO LIVE IN, by Vine Deloria Jr.—TBR
- THE RIGHT TO BE COLD, by Sheila Watt-Cloutier—TBR
Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
doomluz's review
4.5
This is a very different type of memoir. It's very poetic. It flows in an interesting, kind of dreamy way. There is a general chronological arc, but it also feels like a collection of stories from her life because of the way some are kind of tangentially inserted between others.
I like the insight into her beliefs and the struggles of Native Americans, especially Native women.
Overall a beautiful, though heartbreaking read.
Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
arsenic_'s review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual content, Colonisation, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
memorable's review against another edition
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence
bagelanjeli's review
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Emotional abuse