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cadybooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Rape, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, Body horror, Colonisation, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Abortion
leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality
kshertz's review
4.0
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Medical content, Abandonment, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Racism
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Police brutality and Sexual assault
Minor: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Alcohol, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Racism
attempted gang rapemoonyreadsbystarlight's review
5.0
So many parts of this nearly read like she was describing the world today -- the police, but also the missteps in organizing for social justice. This is difficult to read, particularly the beginning descriptions of her time in the hospital monitored by white supremacists cops and being in solitary after, but it is absolutely essential reading.
There were a lot of details in the writing that takes this story to another level literarily. She ends some of the chapters with poems that are relevant to the events in the chapter. And the very intentional choices with spelling and grammar, I have a lot of feelings about as well. Many people take language and its rules at face value without questioning it -- Assata uses the language to question and reveal aspects of toxic system and assumption about self and others
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism