Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Mean by Myriam Gurba

10 reviews

buttermellow's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Racism

Moderate: Eating disorder and Bullying

tamarabee's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

Beautifully written and engaging while dealing with very intense personal trauma. Gurba’s voice hooks you and doesn’t let you go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Racism

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

dark reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Eating disorder, Animal death, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

jemmers's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

A very honest, funny, lean book about Myriam’s life from childhood through college. Empathetic and not as mean as the title implies. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to step into the shoes of someone else, to Chicanes, writers, poets, artists, gays, shes, theys and queers. CW: This book centers around a gender/sex-based crime and the author’s experience with sexual assault and PTSD.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Vomit, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Drug use, Abortion, Violence, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Pedophilia

avisreadsandreads's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Excrement, Rape, Eating disorder, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Racism

Minor: Suicide attempt

re_do_876's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Drug use, Racism, and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide attempt

juliej0715's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

A fun memoir. Some dark points and serious subjects, but Myriam writes about them so well. It was just interesting and real and raw and blunt

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Cursing, and Murder

bookiecharm's review

This book opens with a very graphic murder/rape scene that left me feeling unsettled. I realized I haven’t read enough from this author to trust that a jarring scene like that wouldn’t smack me in the face again. Everytime I picked this book up, I felt myself bracing for the worst. This memoir is also told in vignettes and I found it difficult to find a rhythm in the writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

beccaandrews's review

dark reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Racism

erraticeldandil's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, and Racial slurs