Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

11 reviews

erins_bookshelf_'s review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

I don’t read much poetry but I really liked the poems in this! I liked that they weren’t all necessarily the same type of rhyme scheme and that they all told a story when read together. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

katelynprice's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

Lovely! I highlighted a lot of great lines about childhood, heritage, and identity. It was an honor to hear Woodson tell about her life and experiences growing up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Car accident, and Child death

beccacondon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Racism, Alcoholism, Grief, and Emotional abuse

axel_p's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Body shaming, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Grief, Chronic illness, Ableism, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

keeganrb's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism

quirkko24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Classism, Slavery, and War

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

This was really good! I really liked learning about her history because she grew up in a very important time. I also really liked getting to know her family. This did take me a while to get into with the poetry, but after like 50 to 100 pages it was easy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, and Sexism

sfbookgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This work of nonfiction is a masterpiece. Wood tells the story of her childhood in South Carolina and New York in verse. Split between two homes, Wood never fully feels at home in either place. Having grown up during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and 70s, Wood gives readers a glimpse into her life in which she learns to find her voice through writing at a young age. It’s difficult to put into words how much I enjoyed this book. Run, not walk, to pick it up at your local library or bookstore! 

 

“I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Death

ballgownsandbooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Slavery

linesiunderline's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

The way that Jacqueline Woodson writes her childhood memories in a way that feels true to a child’s point of view but also laced with just enough of the meaning and insight that an adult looking back would have, is nothing short of masterful. I never felt like I lost what the girl Jacqueline saw and felt even as I recognized what the adult writer might also be communicating. You finish this memoir with such a strong sense of where Jacqueline came from - her early years and summers as a country kid and then how she found new parts of herself and her voice in the city. It’s also a beautiful portrayal of the growth of an artist. I loved it. I’ll be reading the rest of her work for sure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Police brutality