Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo

16 reviews

peckreadsbooks's review

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

litker's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Evaristo's narrative voice carries the reader easily through the various stages of her life. She addresses racism, privilege, and above all her absolute determination to live a life of creativity. It's not long, and the individual chapters stand alone as pieces of literary non-fiction. Her exploration of the process behind her work is interesting and certainly makes me want to read more of her work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

sommerblond's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny

aseel_reads's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed learning more about the author who wrote two books I've read before. Super interesting and cool tbh 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

theinkedpath's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

ES:


Todo el mundo a leer este libro YA. TREMENDO.Mi libro de no ficción favorito del año (empieza a aplaudir como una loca).

EN:

My first Bernardine Everisto´s book I have ever read, and I feel in love with her and her way of analysing Great Britain, connection to race and History and how this has influenced her writing. AND, OMG, I ADORE HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT WRITING!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Stalking, and Gaslighting

This is an autobiography by the author which is focused on how she became a writer and how her personal experience influenced her writing craft.

sakisreads's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Ooh! Bernardine Evaristo nailed it again with this autobiography 👏🏼 Broken down into chapters on different aspects of her life, she writes brilliantly. As a fan of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ and ‘Mr. Loverman’, I had high expectations and she did not miss 🥰

There are obviously some content warnings required for this book. As a biracial woman (coming from a working-class background) growing up in Britain, she faces many challenges and many racist people 😫 
The content warnings will be included below.

There was something rather refreshing and striking about her perspective on people though. She describes some of her relationships and admits to also being a slightly shitty person, and that’s not something people can do very often (myself included)! There is so much nuance in any relationship and so reading about her experiences felt revitalising somehow 🥹

Obviously this is not related to TMD (The Mental Dominatrix) 🥲

4 out of 5 stars for me! ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

leanneymu's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

An interesting insight into the live and creative practise of one of our best British writers working today. Although I don't agree with all her ideas, it was an eye-opening look at how childhood, relationships and society make us into the people (and artists) we become. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Classism

mx_sunshine's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Racism

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

streberkatze's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

kirstym25's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship