Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

39 reviews

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Racism

isleofwoman's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

qqjj's review

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Grief, War, Police brutality, Colonisation, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Genocide

thedistortionist's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: War, Mass/school shootings, and Colonisation

makenna_reads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

Made me cry

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

therainbowshelf's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I found this while doing a poetry social media post for the library and decided to check it out because the form poems caught my eye. I liked this collection, which focuses mostly on the events of 2020. Gorman’s words and form are striking and emotional. Now and then things felt slightly repetitive in tone, but I didn’t mind because it was an enjoyable collection.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, and Gaslighting

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.0

I am not a poetry fan but this one felt powerful and relevant that I was moved. I don't think it would start convincing me to read more poetry but for those who are indeed poetry fans or wanting to try their hand at it, try this one. It's best to go through it slowly even if you can read it one sitting if you wanted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Grief

Moderate: Violence

cecilielaugesen's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Really beautiful! Probably would have enjoyed even more if I read it in 2020/2021

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Police brutality, Grief, and Genocide

Minor: Violence, War, Racism, Colonisation, and Slavery

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

A beautiful and timeless collection of poetry. All the references were well-researched, and the parallels to the past that Gorman speaks to are haunting. There were more than a few lines that resonated with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Grief, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: War and Mass/school shootings

thecaffeinatedpoet's review

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

lovely set of poems 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism