Scan barcode
megelizabeth's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
"How to love. How to give. How to grow up. Laughter as a peace offering. Courage. (All intimations still in progress.)"
Raw, haunting, and understated yet devastating, this is a fascinating and brilliantly thought-provoking collection. It's dense and challenging at times, and parts of it definitely still went over my head despite consciously taking my time with it, but I still got so much out of it and was prompted to reflect on so many things, pandemic-related and otherwise. A truly powerful little gem of a book.
Raw, haunting, and understated yet devastating, this is a fascinating and brilliantly thought-provoking collection. It's dense and challenging at times, and parts of it definitely still went over my head despite consciously taking my time with it, but I still got so much out of it and was prompted to reflect on so many things, pandemic-related and otherwise. A truly powerful little gem of a book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Misogyny and Slavery
Minor: Alcoholism
youreawizardjerry's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Death, and Mental illness
webtheweeb's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
What can I say? It’s wonderful to hear from Zadie Smith, to dip my toes again into her turns of phrase. Her writing is so familiar to me now, but it’s also always new. As I say every time I read a Zadie Smith piece, this is a person who is somehow about to put into words what no one else has thought to record. I’m forever thankful.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Self harm, Mental illness, and Racism
laurenpage's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts
angel_kiiss's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, and Racism
aerialcataloger's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, Racism, and Suicide
More...