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elcordobazo's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Rape
michaelion's review against another edition
4.75
Historical nonfiction, in my experience, is very repetitive, but here it works. It also works that the books begins (in either the foreword or the preface, idk, 68 pages before we get to the meat of the text is crazy) with whichever writer mentioning that critics of the book have complained that the book doesn't give a good enough blueprint on what revolutionary actions they should take nexts. You fools. You spineless clowns. Fanon literally says over and over here's how the colonizer distracts you and the way forward is not gonna be the same for everyone. The repetition is to show that while every story and its circumstances are different, the root of all their problems come from the same source.
It's depressing that this book published when my grandmother was born (and has since passed) is still relevant to today. I hope it is not relevant by the end of my life time. I hope that people look back at this book as a cautionary tale, a reminder of our history we cannot forget and always, constantly relearn to remember what not to do and how to move forward.
Also kinda fucked up his parents named him Frantz. Sounds like France. Is / Was that a common name?
Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Torture, Colonisation, Racism, Classism, Murder, Slavery, Violence, War, Death, Genocide, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Deportation, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Rape
Minor: Vomit and Abandonment
katharina90's review
4.0
At times the writing feels a bit dense. Not sure if it's the translation from French to English, or maybe just the style of a different era that I had a hard time connecting with.
Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, Colonisation, Murder, Violence, Rape, Torture, and Racial slurs
Minor: Eating disorder and Domestic abuse
funeraldancer's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Colonisation, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
nahar's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Gore, Blood, Colonisation, War, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Racial slurs
woweewhoa's review
4.75
Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Murder, Rape, Violence, and Sexual violence
maurits's review
3.25
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, War, Racism, Racial slurs, and Mental illness
Moderate: Rape, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, and Slavery
Minor: Eating disorder
jakepasseri's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Violence, War, and Mental illness
Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
the_literarylinguist's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence