Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Alive At The End Of The World by Saeed Jones

18 reviews

clarabooksit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

nstew16's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Essential reading for the 21st century.

A poetry collection that intricately examines grief, specifically the grief of a son and also grief as a Black individual in America. It also tackles topics of queerness and living through the 2020 pandemic.

The repetition and recurring sequences of poems in this collection is similar to Thomas King's 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin. Both with keen observations/critiques on world issues and social justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Death

camilleberedjick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Gun violence

kelseyr713's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely stunning, heartwrenching, gorgeous poetry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

bi_n_large's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Murder, Sexual content, Racism, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Favorite Poems:
If You Had an Off Button, I'd Name You "Off"
Grief #213
Saeed, How Dare You Turn Your Mother into a Prelude
Saeed, or the Other One: II
"Sorry as in Pathetic"
Date Night
Grief#346
Alive at the End of the World
A Spell to Banish Grief
Grief #1

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

Minor: Child death and Racial slurs

sammies_shelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Racism, and Homophobia

dionnesims's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

just an absolutely beautiful read from start to finish. almost wish it were longer but honestly it's the perfect length because it's still very impactful. bravo!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Sexual content, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Cursing