Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union

27 reviews

magicalrealem's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

 

You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union was the FBC November pick. This is Union’s second collection of personal essays and it’s a strong collection of vulnerable stories. Union’s writing is frank, honest, and clear. Some essays are humorous and others are more serious, including the first two essays which were brutal, emotional, and powerful. Union revisits her infertility journey and decision to choose a surrogate after receiving a medical diagnosis that previous fertility doctors missed. She writes about the days after her violent rape, a part of herself she had long locked away, watching Team USA Basketball and Gail Devers in the 1992 Olympics and how they showed her she would one day be able to get back up again. She writes a letter to Isis, her Bring It On character, who she created, birthed in her words, and how she failed her; she writes about her step-daughter’s, Zaya, trans journey. She writes about racism, blackface, neo-Nazis, appropriation, systems of oppression, dance-offs, strippers, limoncello, her Matrix audition, and much more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Racial slurs

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Rape, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Racism

Moderate: Sexism

bookwormsandcoffeestains's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility and Miscarriage

Minor: Transphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Rape

torireadswhat's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Gabrielle Union could write a book about watching paint dry and I would probably read it. I loved her first book, We're Going to Need More Wine, and definitely recommend reading it prior to picking up this one. The sheer openness and vulnerability she displays throughout this book is unreal. She talks about everything in her life: relationships, trying to conceive, motherhood, adulthood, the pandemic, parenting, her career - no stone is left unturned. 

With autobiographies/memoirs, I always recommend the audiobooks and this one is no different. Union relayed her words with intent and the perfect tone that made me understand exactly what she meant. 

I do advise the content of some chapters could be triggering as some chapters discuss: sexual assault, trying to conceive/miscarriage, racism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, and Miscarriage

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Racism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Police brutality, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

leighannebfd3b's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Rape

booksgamesvinyl's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Infertility

Moderate: Rape, Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Hate crime