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carnimdream's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Violence
Minor: Abortion and Chronic illness
akmatz's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, and Mental illness
Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Incest
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Eating disorder
lureads2's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Child abuse
kelsey_kels's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Self harm, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, and Bullying
biab00's review against another edition
Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Eating disorder, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Abortion
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
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
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
clarabooksit's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Racism
Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Grief, and Alcoholism
mereileen's review against another edition
3.25
Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Sexual assault