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serenspace's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Police brutality, Murder, Slavery, and Racism
torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Gun violence, Dysphoria, Confinement, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Trafficking, Police brutality, Slavery, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Grief, and Cultural appropriation
dreadspawn's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Slavery, Colonisation, Violence, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, and Death
meghan1111's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Confinement, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Classism, Racism, Sexism, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Slavery, Death, and Hate crime
Minor: Child death
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
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
ttmahome's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Violence, and Racism
readingelli's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Slavery
Moderate: Rape
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail