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fridayreads's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Misogyny, Alcohol, Death, Slavery, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Addiction
whatannikareads's review against another edition
2.75
i’m a mixed bag of emotions about this book. after about halfway through i think the first half of the book was completely unnecessary/a different book altogether. i fell asleep quite a few times during the first half. the second half was much more interesting, but i kept getting whiplash on the organization of it; we kept switching from history to memoir to social science. i don’t feel the memoir section was expanded enough to be super engaging. the connection between the writer and david star jordan, aside from her research of him, felt like a reach. i think if she has developed her story more, or just made it a completely separate book, it could’ve been more enjoyable. the whole book could’ve just been 3 different articles tbh. it felt like reading a really long op-ed and i don’t think ot should’ve been a book tbh.
also again, i don’t know if talking about how shitty his beliefs were in the second half made up for how nicely he was portrayed in the first half?? it was just very clearly not written by a person of color lol.
Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Ableism
librarymouse's review against another edition
4.5
Jordan's hands-on malicious acts, like his touring endorsement of eugenics and the possible murder by poison of his benefactor are completely bonkers. I am constantly amazed that people Revere him, while simultaneously understanding, as I, too have been in awe of the young man he once was.
This book breaks down every facet of Jordan, from his political, religious, and social beliefs; to his family life, addressing each idiosyncrasy with data driven research.
Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Grief, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Racism, Child death, and Homophobia
pipn_t's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Racism
milliemudd's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Racism, Suicide attempt, and Murder
sebastianflynn's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Racism, Biphobia, Cursing, and Genocide
cinnamonroll42's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Violence, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Ableism
erictb's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death and Racism
Minor: Rape
egperisho's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism and Racism
schang's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Racism, and Homophobia