Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

10 reviews

annejmartin's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Racism, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, and Hate crime

blackberryjambaby's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Terminal illness, War, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Drug use, Child death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Pedophilia

imstephtacular's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

This is one of those books that I don’t feel smart enough to read and I mean that as a compliment. The poetry and criticism are so sharp and deep and wholly human. The stories are horrifying and harrowing but also hopeful and fascinating. I learned a ton and I know these essays are going to haunt me for days to come 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Gun violence, Grief, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Cursing, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexism, Bullying, Slavery, Child death, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Religious bigotry

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Bullying, Hate crime, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Islamophobia, Suicide, Death of parent, and Violence

mmccombs's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Poets should always write books! (I liked A Little Devil in America slightly more but like… I will read whatever this man writes)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

toffishay's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Misogyny, Gun violence, Grief, Racism, and Violence

cassmensah5's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Islamophobia

wrestleacademic's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Hate crime, Racism, Islamophobia, and Police brutality

bella_cavicchi's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

If you haven't yet read Hanif Abdurraqib's writing, you are missing out. Absolutely stellar.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Suicide, and Islamophobia

maggiekateb's review

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs