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lvr105's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Miscarriage, Ableism, Death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Confinement, Violence, Slavery, Self harm, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, and Drug use
Minor: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse
ejsreads's review against another edition
5.0
"Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done." Read that again.
Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Dementia, Rape, and Murder
Minor: Infidelity
hot_water's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
foreverinastory's review against another edition
5.0
CWs: wrongful imprisonment, discussions of capital punishment/death penalty, death by electric chair and lethal injection described on page, ableism, addiction, alcohol consumption/alcoholism, child abuse, child death, cursing, confinement (to cell and solitary), death, dementia, domestic abuse, drug use/abuse, emotional abuse, grief, gun violence, medical content, medical trauma, mental illness, miscarriage, murder, physical abuse, police brutality, racial slurs, racism, rape (of children/teenagers in adult prisons), pregnancy, self harm, schizophrenia/psychosis, sexual assault, sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, torture, violence.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Excrement, Homophobia, Dementia, and Infidelity
Minor: Islamophobia, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
imprisonment, wrongful imprisonment, capital punishmentmorganperks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
ashleycmms's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Dementia, Death, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, and Addiction
sjanke2's review against another edition
5.0
Luckily, Jan selected this book for book club, and I downloaded the audiobook. I've heard this book is fantastic in all formats, but hearing Bryan Stevenson narrate these trials of injustice made my chest tight and my eyes damp.
I'm embarrassed to say that it's taken me a long time to figure out where I stand on the issue of capital punishment. Growing up in a rural, conservative area, you're taught that "an eye for an eye" is justice. I now know that's untrue:
“The power of just mercy is that it belongs to the undeserving. It’s when mercy is least expected that it’s most potent—strong enough to break the cycle of victimization and victimhood, retribution and suffering. It has the power to heal the psychic harm and injuries that lead to aggression and violence, abuse of power, mass incarceration.”
Like Jacy said in her review, capital punishment is for those without capital. The poor, the mentally/physically ill, Black and Brown, the abused, the lost, the downtrodden. Aren't we, a nation founded upon "Christian" principles, supposed to love, forgive, and care for our unlucky neighbors?
“The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is: do we deserve to kill?”
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
meghhan_rose's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infidelity, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Confinement, Death, Ableism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, and Police brutality