Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor

13 reviews

coolfoolmoon's review

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

Humans are so cool. Black women! 🫶🏾🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Child death, Death, Vomit, Death of parent, and Colonisation

bessadams's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.0

Overall, this was a neat memoir about her experience becoming paralyzed and how it impacted her writing. It was beautifully written. However, some parts were a bit rushed. In particular, I would have loved to see more of the last part expanded, when she was talking about African futurism and how going to Nigeria impacted her writing. But I'm glad I picked it up and hearing about her background makes me more excited to read more of her books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

ellornaslibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, and Pregnancy

laura_keoski's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

Reading Nnedi Okorafor gets me so pumped up! She's so brilliant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

qwerty88's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

onemorepagecrew's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Nnedi Okorafor is one of my favorite authors because of her incredible creativity and ability to bend reality just enough to touch magic.  Magical realism is a tough middle ground to convey well and she does it repeatedly.  For those that are fans of the genre, I’d recommend Nnedi’s books every time. 

It wasn’t until this week though, when I took my “fiction” filter off my Libby search settings, that I came across Nnedi’s autobiography.  It’s a quick read, just about two hours in audio book, but it hooked me completely.  I realize now how little I knew about an author whose work I have cherished and adding this layer of knowledge has been so insightful.

The autobiography takes you through her lifelong battle with scoliosis and a surgery complication that pivots her life from college track star to a paralyzed young woman who is experiencing psychedelic hallucinations while in medical care.  Her perspective on life and the way she made brave and bold choices to find her path, despite physical setbacks and racism she experienced, was moving.  Even if you aren’t a fan of science fiction, or if you haven’t read a book by Nnedi before, I still highly suggest this quick read for the life lessons and perspectives it offers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Hate crime

arcinzole's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Listened to the audiobook read by the author. Her voice is so soothing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism

translove's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma