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gossamer_lens's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Murder, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, and Racism
Minor: Rape
jwartts's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Grief, Racism, Police brutality, Death, Murder, and Racial slurs
Minor: War, Grief, and Violence
katiew221's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Racial slurs, and Police brutality
keyradiator's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Violence, Classism, Police brutality, Racism, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Slavery, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Gun violence
jake_windish's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Racial slurs, and Police brutality
Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Death
prettyboypercy's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
uriah's review against another edition
4.75
So you must wake up every morning knowing that no promise is unbreakable, least of all the promise of waking up at all. This is not despair. These are the preferences of the universe itself: verbs over nouns, actions over states, struggle over hope.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality
sellnow_hannah's review
5.0
A truly beautiful, moving, and poignant memoir. This is written as a letter to the author’s son about life in a black body in the world of the Dreamers. I read this at the same time as I was listening to The New Jim Crow and this was a great combination. Between the World and Me puts a personal face on some of the themes explored in the more academic New Jim Crow.
Coates’ writing is incredible - almost poetic at many points. I was in awe of his skill and the beauty of his words (and now I want to read his articles for The Atlantic).
As a white, educated woman this book - more than any other I’ve read - made me look closely at my own privilege. While I can never fully understand the experience of living in a black body, this gave a raw, personal, emotional insight into the lives of people Coates describes as living in another galaxy than myself.
I agree with the quote on the jacket, this absolutely should be required reading. This is a book to come back to again and again.
(I don’t rate memoirs below a 4 star because I think it takes a lot of courage to be this vulnerable and share your life story. So for me 4-4.25 is good, 4.5-4.75 is great, 5.0 is fantastic.)
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Slavery, Murder, and Police brutality
chronicacademia's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Classism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Grief, Violence, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Death, and Physical abuse
Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, and Misogyny
auds_wright's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs