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lcarslibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
I listened to his in audio and it’s so powerful. It’s a mix of pricier on show the Black Lives Matter movement came to be (started by queer Black women!) and the story of Patrisse’s life. A must read for all youth activists and adults too.
(After looking at the summary here I realize some of Khan- Cullors’ journal entries were included which makes sense. There were passages in the audio that felt disjointed and I thought they were quotes but then weren’t attributed. But it was probably journal entries! Just something to keep in mind if you listen.)
(After looking at the summary here I realize some of Khan- Cullors’ journal entries were included which makes sense. There were passages in the audio that felt disjointed and I thought they were quotes but then weren’t attributed. But it was probably journal entries! Just something to keep in mind if you listen.)
mellyworks's review against another edition
5.0
such a good and important book! if you have a loved one experiencing mental illness and/or incarceration, just be aware -- this is one of the most accurate descriptions of how traumatizing and awful that experience is. the way the author describes how helpless and silenced and violated we all feel is so spot-on, and it will break your heart all over again. but i am still very thankful to have read this book. and i hope it will make people more empathetic about what we and our loved ones endure.
beloved_bridget's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
I accidentally read the young readers edition of this book but whatever. this book was so painful to read at some points, it made me want to cry and scream. it's also filled with a lot of love and passion and although it made me feel really sad and helpless, it didn't leave me without hope for the future.
jentjentjent's review against another edition
5.0
Infinite gratitude to the author, Patrisse, for sharing her pain and joy growing up Black and queer in America. Her entire memoir has beautiful, powerful, intense, and emotional stories, mostly focusing on her relationship with her father and brother who are in and out of wrongful incarceration sentences. She talks a lot on mental health and the vicious cycles created by white supremacy and structural racism. The second third focuses more on police murders and the formation of Black Lives Matter. Her whole story was moving, but the ending is really what got me. She has created a life for herself built out of pain and power to love as much as she can.
inktonia_'s review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
astrchloe's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
bookishjesse's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely love this book. It's incredibly moving and I cried more than once. I had the opportunity to listen to an audiobook ARC from Libro.fm so I highly, highly recommend the audiobook version. For perhaps the first time ever, I listened to an audiobook in one sitting. I just could not press stop. This is the audio equivalent of being unable to put a book down.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors is so very conscientious of tone in her work. She writes with compassion and grace whether she is angry, sad, delighted, or any one of the other many emotions that arise when experiencing and combatting injustice. She does not shy away from truth or the feelings that accompany it and there is no attempt to "dress up" a situation for a reading audience. This is a welcome change from other memoirs where authors seem to care more about being marketable than anything else. Instead, it seems as though When They Call You a Terrorist is an attempt to record lived experience in community, for community, and because of community. My description does not even come close to accurately defining my reading experience.
Please read this book. Then give it to everyone you know to read.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors is so very conscientious of tone in her work. She writes with compassion and grace whether she is angry, sad, delighted, or any one of the other many emotions that arise when experiencing and combatting injustice. She does not shy away from truth or the feelings that accompany it and there is no attempt to "dress up" a situation for a reading audience. This is a welcome change from other memoirs where authors seem to care more about being marketable than anything else. Instead, it seems as though When They Call You a Terrorist is an attempt to record lived experience in community, for community, and because of community. My description does not even come close to accurately defining my reading experience.
Please read this book. Then give it to everyone you know to read.
cmuir's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
This is an important story but I feel like a lot of it was lost in the flowery language. The last several chapters were most impactful to me, perhaps largely because the language was very straightforward.
bugfork's review against another edition
5.0
Powerful and remarkably written. This book, which has been adapted for young readers, uses memoir elements to guide young readers to think, to learned to question. A perfect read for anyone interested in activism, in the Black Lives Matter movement, in engaging with a larger world that may or may not reflect their own experiences. The next read to hand to someone who read Stamped.