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leahlengel's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Incest, and Domestic abuse
fink1129's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
readingbrb's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault and Mental illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse
Minor: Eating disorder, Abortion, and Alcohol
mayaism_01's review
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Abortion
eve81's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse
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.)
Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Incest, Infidelity, Ableism, Addiction, Medical content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
foldingthepage_kayleigh's review
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Self harm
Minor: Pregnancy
solenodon's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Abortion, Vomit, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Racism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Self harm
ashar_allaire's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Self harm
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Abortion
jasbeingjas's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse