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squigleylib's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely incredible. I don’t have the words to convey how much this beautiful book means to me.
bbqxaxiu's review against another edition
2.0
i think the overall message of this book (see title) is great: rest is resistance because in a capitalist, white supremacist, patriarchal, ableist, homophobic, etc world that teaches u that ur worth is based on how much u produce, resting is resistance. it's contrarian. it's fighting for our right to simply be, to simply exist without worrying about whether or not we're wasting our time or not being productive enough. (also, how are we to fight against these oppressive systems if we are not well-rested?)
but i'm giving 2 stars because all of the book was just reading her stream of consciousness about this same thing over and over again LOL. i feel the same way about this book as i do about gucci gang. like u know how in gucci gang, the whole song is just him saying "gucci gang" over and over again? and he doesn't really add anything new? yeah, same with this book. the title says it all, and you don't get much more from actually reading it.
that said, there were a few points she made that i liked/wanna reflect on:
1. "i refuse to push my body to the brink of exhaustion and destruction. let the chips fall where they may. i trust myself more than capitalism." (pg. 4)
i like this bc its soooo true...sometimes i feel like i wanna rest, but i won't because of guidelines that society sets for me. society tells me when i should be tired, when i should be hungry, etc. but fuck that, my body knows best ~
2. "release the same you feel when resting. it does not belong to you." (pg. 45)
soooo true sis...who does it belong to tho fr? maybe like, the entities that created capitalism and all the other isms? idk :0 but i like this reminder that we need to distinguish between feelings that are our own, and feelings that we've learned to have. fax!!!
3. "white people have had their humanity stripped from them via white supremacy. they are spiritually deficient and blinded by the idea that they are superior to other divine human beings." (pg. 75)
LOLOL. agree tho.......like me and a friend were having a convo about this the other day. we were talking about how the oppressed™ make better art. like, why is it that all the best culture, food, music, film, literature, etc in the world seems to come from the oppressed™? and we came to the conclusion that it's because the oppressed™ are more in touch with their humanity. which connects to what she says here :0
anyways, i read this for school. would recommend it if you dont have anything else to read but if you do, you can pass on this sis.
but i'm giving 2 stars because all of the book was just reading her stream of consciousness about this same thing over and over again LOL. i feel the same way about this book as i do about gucci gang. like u know how in gucci gang, the whole song is just him saying "gucci gang" over and over again? and he doesn't really add anything new? yeah, same with this book. the title says it all, and you don't get much more from actually reading it.
that said, there were a few points she made that i liked/wanna reflect on:
1. "i refuse to push my body to the brink of exhaustion and destruction. let the chips fall where they may. i trust myself more than capitalism." (pg. 4)
i like this bc its soooo true...sometimes i feel like i wanna rest, but i won't because of guidelines that society sets for me. society tells me when i should be tired, when i should be hungry, etc. but fuck that, my body knows best ~
2. "release the same you feel when resting. it does not belong to you." (pg. 45)
soooo true sis...who does it belong to tho fr? maybe like, the entities that created capitalism and all the other isms? idk :0 but i like this reminder that we need to distinguish between feelings that are our own, and feelings that we've learned to have. fax!!!
3. "white people have had their humanity stripped from them via white supremacy. they are spiritually deficient and blinded by the idea that they are superior to other divine human beings." (pg. 75)
LOLOL. agree tho.......like me and a friend were having a convo about this the other day. we were talking about how the oppressed™ make better art. like, why is it that all the best culture, food, music, film, literature, etc in the world seems to come from the oppressed™? and we came to the conclusion that it's because the oppressed™ are more in touch with their humanity. which connects to what she says here :0
anyways, i read this for school. would recommend it if you dont have anything else to read but if you do, you can pass on this sis.
kml6n8's review against another edition
I really like the message behind the book, but it was such a chore to listen to it. The same general statements were said over and over again with just the slightest change in words utilized and sentence structure. I just wanted more. It felt like the subject was just lightly touched on for how much the author wrote, and how much the author repeated herself. Can you actually talk about your points instead of regurgitating the same stuff? Disappointing and frustrating. To the DNF shelf.
annelihghh's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Classism, Death, Colonisation, Racism, Death of parent, and Grief
chasinash's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
534534564587654323456789's review against another edition
This is the most repetitive book I’ve ever read (listened to), so the audiobook helped a lot and I got to hear the author’s work in her own voice. Also the writing style was super religious, not in the sense that the author is religious herself (which is also true), but in the same manner that how language is used in relation to religious purposes, for instance the usage of certain words, a certain sentence structure, and of course the same repetitiveNESS!
It’s great that this book was written with black Americans in mind, I’m all for making the dominant group read/watch/listen to stuff that weren’t created for them just as how marginalised ppl were implicitly forced to comprehend, relate to, and empathise with white and cishet media. Though I don’t know if that’s a little distancing for black Africans?
I found money in the hardcover copy, it was super fun theorising how it ended up here, so that’s pretty rad. (April 2024 edit: now I think putting money in library books is a pretty good way to ‘give back to community’.)
It’s great that this book was written with black Americans in mind, I’m all for making the dominant group read/watch/listen to stuff that weren’t created for them just as how marginalised ppl were implicitly forced to comprehend, relate to, and empathise with white and cishet media. Though I don’t know if that’s a little distancing for black Africans?
I found money in the hardcover copy, it was super fun theorising how it ended up here, so that’s pretty rad. (April 2024 edit: now I think putting money in library books is a pretty good way to ‘give back to community’.)