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nvillanuevadrv's review
5.0
Moderate: Police brutality, Violence, and Racism
graecus_'s review
4.5
Graphic: Racism
avisreadsandreads's review
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Slavery, Child death, Death, Police brutality, Violence, Hate crime, and Grief
lydiajines's review
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Police brutality
itsanniek's review
4.75
Graphic: Police brutality and Racism
Moderate: Slavery
mattyvreads's review
4.75
This piece is a sort of extended poem which illustrates her experience as a Black woman in America, including micro-aggressions carried out against herself, her friends, and Black female athletes like Serena Williams who faced casual racism in their sport that had huge consequences.
I am eager to read this book again, as to soak up even more of Rankine’s words. She is an icon.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Classism
shopgiri's review
4.0
Graphic: Racism
bricharis's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Death, Murder, and Racial slurs
sairywhy's review
4.25
Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, and Death
rieviolet's review against another edition
2.5
Honestly, I understood maybe a third of what I read and while that is certainly on me, it really hampered my fruition of the book and the general appreciation of the reading experience.
I also struggled with the final section in verse and most of it went over my head. I admit that I am not a devoted poetry reader and, when I actually read it, I am usually drawn to a more prose-like and matter-of-fact type of poetry.
I think a book like this is just too much experimental for my personal taste. However, I did appreciate the section focusing on Serena Williams and the racism she experienced in her career as a tennis player, it might be because it was the part that more closely resembled a traditional and straightforward essay.
Graphic: Racism and Police brutality
Moderate: Violence and Hate crime
Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Death, Vomit, Murder, Rape, and Cancer