Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

8 reviews

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

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

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Some things referenced went over my head especially the most personal poems that mentioned Sam. But that gives me reasons to come back and reread the book. 

I loved it and I loved Choi’s love and despair and grief and hope for the world. I think the book is very relatable to every one though some of the terms seem very modern or text/online slang or terms I’m not sure how an older audience may read it (tho there’s plenty of other things I had to look up).  I think it’s very relatable to the current feeling on the world on fire and grief for everyone everywhere, with specific reference to American tragedies such as masa shootings, the Atlanta spa shootings and violence to children in the name of care (such as Grace who’s news story flickered on the back of my mind while reading) that makes this book ache in a particular way as an American. But it’s also a book with global concerns and comments whether it’s from the authors Korean heritage or grief for the ongoing indigenous genocide in the Americas since Columbus or anti blackness or the imperialism America has export. And it’s a book with so much love and grief and also hope and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Xenophobia, Torture, Stalking, Misogyny, Grief, Cursing, War, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Racism, Child abuse, Trafficking, Suicide, Slavery, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Genocide, Deportation, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Death

an_library_stan's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Reading poetry is not my favorite, but these were powerful poems of mourning, American dystopia, love and climate disaster.

Some favorite poems: 

• Who died and made you American
  
  
• Rememory
  
  
• In the aftermath of the unforgivable, I raise my doomed, green head
  
  
• Upon learning that some Korean war refugees used partially detonated napalm canisters as cooking fuel
  
  
• Unlove poem 

• How to let go of the world 

• Aaron says the world is upside down
  
  
• Wildlife
  
  
• Things that already go past borders
  
  
• Dispatches from a future great great granddaughter 
  
  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Sexual assault

low_keybookish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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