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Reviews tagging 'Confinement'
Orange Is the New Black: My Year In a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
5 reviews
brittanykroeckel's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
I personally think I lucked out in never having watched the TV series because I feel that people are comparing the two too much and they give a bad review. I went into this with fresh eyes and I will say this was insightful and brought forth some reflection upon myself. Kerman writes in a digestible manner and does not overcomplicate things, which I appreciate. I docked it .25 of a star because I felt like almost everything was so surface level that I believe more details should have been implemented for more of an immersion. Most of it was spent on the friendships she developed (which is a great topic to touch on), that I was wanting more of the experience of prison rules, routines, and culture. Regardless, still a good read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement
hunkydory's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Confinement, and Racism
Minor: Grief
lindseythelibrarian's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
3.5
I didn't watch the show, but I found the book to be an interesting look into aspects of the justice system. The author seems to acknowledge her privilege in some aspects, and not in others.
It's a very interesting story, but the flow of the books was kind of strange in that the only clear direction was time itself. I guess that makes sense in prison. I wanted to know what happened after prison seeing as we are given insight into what happened before prison. Did she keep up the relationships she made behind bars? It was just odd that everyone also seemed to like her and saw her as this classic "white girl". Maybe it was the case, but I don't know.
Our justice system is so broken, and I hope restorative justice actions continue to take place and create a better society for those who are incarcerated and I appreciated her insight into this aspect.
It's a very interesting story, but the flow of the books was kind of strange in that the only clear direction was time itself. I guess that makes sense in prison. I wanted to know what happened after prison seeing as we are given insight into what happened before prison. Did she keep up the relationships she made behind bars? It was just odd that everyone also seemed to like her and saw her as this classic "white girl". Maybe it was the case, but I don't know.
Our justice system is so broken, and I hope restorative justice actions continue to take place and create a better society for those who are incarcerated and I appreciated her insight into this aspect.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
crystalmethany's review
informative
slow-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement and Biphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Mental illness
aquakerwitch's review against another edition
funny
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Confinement, Deadnaming, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Addiction, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Racism, Mental illness, Drug use, and Drug abuse
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