Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

This Place: 150 Years Retold by Sonny Assu, Katherena Vermette, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Jen Storm, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Brandon Mitchell, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Richard Van Camp, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Chelsea Vowel

12 reviews

smithreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Cannibalism and Murder

novella42's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Medical content, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Suicide, and Blood

ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I have never liked the phrase, “History is written by the victors.” … 
…just because stories don’t get written down, it doesn’t mean they’re ever lost. We carry them in our minds, our hearts, our very bones. We honor them by passing them on, letting them live on in others, too. 

Stunning, somber, informative, inspiring. 

Being from the US, I’m not v familiar w the indigenous history within what is now known as Canada. 

I was vaguely familiar with some things like the “sixties scoop” (when indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families and put into homes elsewhere), this touches on that as well as many other historical events during the past 150 years on native lands of the northern end of Turtle Island. 

The art is beautiful and I really appreciated the specific timelines shown with each intro to comprehend what was happening before, during, & after around them. 

The world as we knew it ended the moment colonialism started to creep across these lands. But we have continued to tell our stories; we have continued to adapt. Despite everything, we have survived.

#LANDBACK

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexual assault

Minor: Body horror, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

laverna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicide, Blood, and Cannibalism

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Murder

te_ss_i's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Sexual assault, and Suicide

battybookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

This was mainly an informative text about Indigenous history in Canada. It's beautifully illustrated and each other tells a compelling part of their history. Some specific ones that stood out to me were Rosie and the fight and speech against The Mackenzie Pipeline. Much of the book feels like a jumping off point, and I now have a list of other pieces to check out or historical events/figures to look into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An incredible collection of indigenous Canadians' histories. Each comic starts with an author blurb and a timeline of events present in or influencing the story. Canada's history of abusing indigenous people is sickeningly similar to how things have gone for the native people of the US. Whether you're familiar with indigenous history of Canada or want to start somewhere, this is an excellent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual harassment

Residential schools, forced removal of indigenous children from their homes

spacerkip's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Really, just an amazing anthology, especially for someone who doesn't know much about Canadian history or the First Nations peoples. Each story brought to life the spirit and struggle of people who've been fighting for the right to exist. I really enjoyed the different art styles across the novel, and the brief window into different cultures each story provided. The myriad of authors and artists for this project - as well as a detailed bibliography in the back - makes a perfect jumping-off point for discovering more indigenous stories and history. I borrowed this from the library, but I'm definitely going to get my hands on a physical copy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Police brutality

spinesinaline's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

This was a beautiful collection and I think the first collaborative graphic novel collection I’ve ever read. It was so cool to see all the different styles of art and colours, even from the same artist in different stories. 

I also loved that it was so personal, with each author sharing what inspired them to write the story before we got into it. It provides context and a connection between the author and their characters as well as with the reader as it instills more importance in why this story is important to tell. 

While I was familiar with some events like the potlatch ban, Sixties Scoop, protests over the pipelines, and identification tags for Inuit, there were many names I was unfamiliar with so I’m grateful for this introduction and inspired to learn more about each of these stories! 

Also glad that I’ve now got many more authors and illustrators on my list to check out their other works! I’ve previously read Katherena Vermette and David A. Robertson, and have several others already on my TBR, so always happy to see their names come up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, and Grief

Minor: Suicide