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randisworld's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse
foreverinastory's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I am scraped raw.
Memorial Drive is a memoir about Natasha's mother and how she was murdered by her stepfather. This book alternates from past and present POVs as Natasha recounts her first 18 years of life culminating in her mother's death. This book was emotional and hard to read. I wanted to go back in time to stop the pain that Natasha's family felt (minus the stepdad he deserves nothing).
This short book illustrates a complicated relationship between mother and daughter and several of the instances that put them on that path. But we always see how much her mother cared for her and her younger brother.
One of the most evocative parts of this memoir was that the Tretheway family had evidence that their stepfather was going to kill either the children or Natasha's mother. There are at least two if not more damning phone calls that were recorded yet the police did nothing. I don't know if it was misogyny or racism or misogynoir but I am just so devastated by this family's loss because it was so preventable had the police actually listened. Just another reason to defund and renovate the system.
Rep: Black/biracial author, Black mother, father in law with suicidal ideation and possible other mental illnesses.
CWs: Murder, Grief, death of parent, gaslighting, death, fatal shooting/gun violence, emotional and physical abuse, racism, child abuse, domestic abuse, alcohol consumption/alcoholism, toxic relationship.
Memorial Drive is a memoir about Natasha's mother and how she was murdered by her stepfather. This book alternates from past and present POVs as Natasha recounts her first 18 years of life culminating in her mother's death. This book was emotional and hard to read. I wanted to go back in time to stop the pain that Natasha's family felt (minus the stepdad he deserves nothing).
This short book illustrates a complicated relationship between mother and daughter and several of the instances that put them on that path. But we always see how much her mother cared for her and her younger brother.
One of the most evocative parts of this memoir was that the Tretheway family had evidence that their stepfather was going to kill either the children or Natasha's mother. There are at least two if not more damning phone calls that were recorded yet the police did nothing. I don't know if it was misogyny or racism or misogynoir but I am just so devastated by this family's loss because it was so preventable had the police actually listened. Just another reason to defund and renovate the system.
Rep: Black/biracial author, Black mother, father in law with suicidal ideation and possible other mental illnesses.
CWs: Murder, Grief, death of parent, gaslighting, death, fatal shooting/gun violence, emotional and physical abuse, racism, child abuse, domestic abuse, alcohol consumption/alcoholism, toxic relationship.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Racism
beetsnotbombs's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
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