Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

31 reviews

clarabooksit's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Violence

samugranjo's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

zanm's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

3.5

I had to read this for class and I’m pretty torn on it. I had a two-three hour discussion with a friend and we came to several conclusions:

It is a good book because its controversy sparks discussion and the writing style is extremely raw. 

It is a bad book because it panders just a bit too much and doesn’t expand nearly enough on certain issues (ex. how racism is ingrained in America via capitalism). 

So you see- I’m torn. 

Personally, this gave me the feel of a book written so white people can read it and say they’ve “done the research.” I also really liked specific parts of it and hated others, but that’s crucial to a book on race. It’s not supposed to be comfortable. 

Another thing that immensely bothered me is that it’s marketed as “a book for his son” when it’s so clearly not. 

TLDR: Worth reading but only if you rip it apart and use it as a jumping point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Antisemitism

solenodon's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug use

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

This was very good and a great audiobook. It was beautifully written. I do like what is talked about but I feel like I’m a little stupid and stuff like went over my head/it took me a while to understand. But I would recommend this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

ariam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I loved the format of a letter to the author's son. This book brings  some peace and understanding to all the chaos and contradictions in the greater discussion about living black. Just read it, its so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Hate crime

nav26's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

This book was tough. I didn't necessarily learn something new, but Coates has a beautiful way of writing that really pulled me in. It broke my heart again and again, and yet it's a story of resilience. Should be required reading in my opinion! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape

hyperpension's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

This book is beautifully written. A must read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

dani_c's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

A must read for every American. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

bexh's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, and Grief