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brookey8888's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Such and important read. I think people forget just how recent this was. I learned a lot like I didn’t fully know what Bloody Sunday was. Just all these people were/are so strong and amazing. This book made me so mad and sad, but also hopeful for the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality
ehmannky's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This is by far the best of this trilogy of graphic memoirs, and this is high praise given that I think that the other two are some of the best that the genre has produced. There is so much death and violence and pain in this one, so much suffering, and yet Lewis, his co-author, and illustrator do not frame it as a story of despair, but as a story of hope and triumph over the forces of white supremacy and white liberal complacency that would create such a monstrous system that was and is systemic white supremacy in America. It's an incredibly moving work, and I had to stop multiple times to just let the words and the art sink in. It's so much to take in, and I cannot recommend it enough.
I read the first of this series before much of the social unrest of 2020 occurred, and it struck me now as I finish it just how unfair it is that Lewis never got to rest. That he spent his final years battling the same white supremacists and their ilk that physically beat him as a young man. And how unfair it is that we're creating a world where Black people and their allies continually have to stand up to this. It makes me want to go out and push for a better world, even as it becomes clear that it won't happen within my lifetime. Which is what I hope John Lewis would have wanted.
I read the first of this series before much of the social unrest of 2020 occurred, and it struck me now as I finish it just how unfair it is that Lewis never got to rest. That he spent his final years battling the same white supremacists and their ilk that physically beat him as a young man. And how unfair it is that we're creating a world where Black people and their allies continually have to stand up to this. It makes me want to go out and push for a better world, even as it becomes clear that it won't happen within my lifetime. Which is what I hope John Lewis would have wanted.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Death, Car accident, and Blood
Minor: Sexism
kerrireads's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
kayewa's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Racism
Minor: Misogyny
readandfindout's review
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
On first read:4.5 stars! This was excellent. Please read the March trilogy.
On reread:
Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Perspective: 5 stars
Art: 4 stars
On reread:
Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Perspective: 5 stars
Art: 4 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Hate crime, Police brutality, Death, Gun violence, and Violence
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