Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley

6 reviews

ceciltgrace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Drug abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Cursing and Domestic abuse

plantybooklover's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

2 men with the same name grew up in similar circumstances but one became a political leader while the other went to prison for life. 
   This book chronicles the life of both Wes Moores, and it was fascinating and interesting, but I think in the end where it fell flat for me was that they never identified what made the difference for the two men, although it was clearly obvious that the difference was literally one Wes ended up with access to money - which bought him an education at a school that was entirely focused on his success, possibly some ambition, but mostly it seemed, money. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, War, and Violence

auds_wright's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Drug use

Moderate: Pregnancy

peachani's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, and Gun violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, War, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

dbuoih's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

All real pain. Descriptions of two real black men straddling the expectations they are born with.
I wish there were more interjections of the Wes Moore in prison. But his existing quotes were poignant, especially about performing expectations without knowing if they’re yours or not.
I was hesitant to read what I deemed as  “black trauma” but it only skimmed  the surface of that. It’s not gratuitous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

cebradley843's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Gun violence