Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes on by Franny Choi

14 reviews

wanderlust_romance's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

 Is it the end of the world as we know it? If so, why does it feel like we’ve been here before? How do individuals contend with their place in this cycle of anger, violence, revolt, and hope? This collection of poetry is filled with so many raw emotions. The poems examine and reflect on a multitude of themes - colonization, the Korean War, racial consciousness, environmental degradation, the COVID-19 pandemic, SA, gun violence - with much thoughtfulness and wisdom.

If you read Mohammed El-Kurd’s Rifqa and connected to the juxtaposition of nature, destruction, and resistance, then this collection by Franny Choi will also satisfy. It’s an honest reflection on the state of the world: it’s (sometimes) all kinds of awful, and yet we keep moving through it. Excellent on audio and read by the author. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Racism, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Genocide

michaelion's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

I've been feeling very hopeless / miserable lately and even just the first poem made me be like wow there really is hope for the future / humanity. I paid $28 for this book and it was worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, War, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Classism, and Genocide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Racial slurs

panickedhonking's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

A strange mix of the most tragic and heartbreaking poems which gave me a sense that there's something after every apocalypse. Exhaustive list of content warnings somehow non-exhaustive still.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Death, Misogyny, Genocide, Eating disorder, Slavery, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Body horror, Suicide, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Child death, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Rape, Xenophobia, and Sexual assault

hanhantap's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

kaylay1216's review

dark reflective tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Racism

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

 A fabulous collection of poetry which I was able to enjoy in my preferred manner - reading in print while listening to the poet read her words to me. And what powerful words they were - looking at the dystopias that have been endured past, present and future but also the way humanity (even those groups that have suffered the most) somehow endure and carry on. Bleak in places but hopeful in others. As with all collections some hit me more than others but the ones that did, including those exploring the experiences of the “comfort women”, hit hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Racism

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Racism

Moderate: Suicide

words_and_coffee's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, War, Racism, Violence, Grief, Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexism, Suicide, Rape, and Police brutality

earlydecember's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Racism

pabi's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Racism, War, Colonisation, Death, Police brutality, Classism, Genocide, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts