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abysmaleen's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
homestylereads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia and Racism
Moderate: Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt
sydapel's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Colonisation
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt
dominic_t's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation
Moderate: Murder
Trauma, residential schoolsreadingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Colonisation
Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Transphobia
williamgideon's review against another edition
4.5
This book deeply touched me, and there are passages that made me cry. Some of the essays are worthy of 5 stars, but others didn't hit as hard. My favorites were 'Please keep loving: Reflections on unlivability', 'Robert' and 'To hang our grief up to dry'.
Moderate: Genocide, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder
pawpaw's review against another edition
4.0
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
vigil's review against another edition
4.75
billy-ray belcourt has a very strong and specific command of language, (in a way that likely intentional, judging by a later entry) that is enticing but also difficult to comprehend due its strong roots in academia. he has a very immersive writing style that transports you directly into his brain, for better or for worse.
for personal enjoyment, it’s a 3 star, but i respect the author and what he’s doing with this collection that i bumped it up to a 4.75.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt
deadpoetsam's review against another edition
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
offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Racism and Colonisation
Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Infidelity and Medical trauma