Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie

3 reviews

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was an excellent work from Alexie. I know others mentioned the repetitive nature as a negative, but I found it to be a really beautiful way of telling the story of Alexie's life. I also really enjoyed the non-linear nature of this story. I will be coming back to a paper copy at a later date for personal annotations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Grief, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Child death, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Rape, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Murder, Excrement, Incest, Genocide, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Colonisation, Cursing, and War

jonwood's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

I found the book rather painfully slow (despite many short chapters), rather repetitive, it felt like the author revealed some of the same traumatic events multiple times (that may be due to the nonlinear structure). At the start, I found the  book to be brutally honest, like "The Absolutory True Diary of A Part-Time Indian", but eventually I just found the book to be come very hateful, with the author's voice too venomous to want to listen to at times. Also, there were some topics where I couldn't believe an editor didn't go, perhaps you don't want to publish this, like the passages about the author's bowel movements.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Medical content, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Violence, and Alcoholism

vanessavlvaler's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Colonisation, Child abuse, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, and Torture