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lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
pawpaw's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
To call Belcourt's memoir "inspiring" or "emotional" feels like an insult; the level of his writing is indescribably rich, refreshing, complex, and needed. I would quote some of his most poignant lines, but that'd ruin the experience of coming across them naturally.
Don't get me wrong: sometimes I rolled my eyes because of how much he used the word "ontological," and he can come off as pretentious, but so be it. With everything that he's been forced to deal with, with everything he's achieved? He's allowed to come off as a bit arrogant at times.
If you're triggered by suicide, sexual assault, murder, and the institutionalized destruction of Indigenous peoples, please tread carefully. That being said, this book is vital, and well beyond worth it.
Please remember that there are many other Indigenous and queer voices. If you choose to listen to this one, don't stop there.
Don't get me wrong: sometimes I rolled my eyes because of how much he used the word "ontological," and he can come off as pretentious, but so be it. With everything that he's been forced to deal with, with everything he's achieved? He's allowed to come off as a bit arrogant at times.
If you're triggered by suicide, sexual assault, murder, and the institutionalized destruction of Indigenous peoples, please tread carefully. That being said, this book is vital, and well beyond worth it.
Please remember that there are many other Indigenous and queer voices. If you choose to listen to this one, don't stop there.
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation
Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault
deadpoetsam's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Suicide, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death
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