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stevia333k's review against another edition
3.5
So this is by an author who wanted to challenge expectations about works written by indigenous authors. (I didn't pick up on how besides various marketable narratives -- i mean this in the way that both karl marx & the austrian school of economics are considered "controversial".)
Anyways, I read the book on the basis of family building & decolonization. The part about forgiveness being done in ceremonies instead of the white idea of "letting go", especially since I've struggled with that colonial dynamic too, except as a white settler I didn't have established ceremonies for context.
Admittedly I was kind of indifferent to the poetics I guess. The intersections were interesting enough.
in the interview at the end, there's 2 notes about influences on this book that the author mentions that explained the squicks I had with this book:
- the bible (which went over my head because I'm not a Christian),
- and Adrienne Rich (I already returned my copy of this book to the library & it was an audiobook, but the way the word "man" was used felt heteronormative & that "patriarchal" could've worked better. Like I think I figured it out via like argument from analogy with like settler vs indigenous & the fact she's mainly talking about 1 man in particular, but the lack of precision felt suspicious to me, and it turned out I was right.)
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mikki_9's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Incest, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Terminal illness
Minor: Abortion, Medical content, and Sexual harassment
booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Abortion