Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton

15 reviews

triley's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Racism, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Cancer

maria1085's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

“My only crime was being born black, or being born black in Alabama.”

Wow. This book is a must read. It’s a memoir of a man who spent almost 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. It’s emotional, raw, moving, powerful. It will make you angry, question the justice system, question your ideas on the death penalty, and be grateful for your freedom. 

The way he writes about his time in prison is both heartbreaking and humorous. The sheer fact that he kept his sense of humor through the whole time was incredible. He wrote about hope, forgiveness, and freedom even through experiencing the darkest days of his life. 

We read this for book club in April and we all loved this incredible story. I cannot recommend this book enough. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, and Murder

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

A really important read for anyone who feels like they're pro-death penalty. The justice system makes too many mistakes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

annapox's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to better understand the effects of systemic racism and/or classism on the US criminal justice system. Hinton's story is eye-opening, and the book is very well-written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

livforreading's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Torture