Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

10 reviews

internationalreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

melissamjc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

I've never read a book that shared a story like mine before. I hadn’t realised how much I needed a book like this. It made my chest ache for my younger self and captured a conflict I've never been able to share. So beautifully written, will definitely be reading again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

asiadb's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Child abuse, Classism, and Self harm

corinth113's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Heartbreaking, poignant, and lovely. Raw, painful, bleak, abundant, a song, and a prayer. Beautiful prose, poetic and lyrical beats, this woman’s family’s story pushes and pulls at something deep inside of anyone who has ever had to deal with unsettling family dynamics and the  way we wrestle forever with forgiveness and reconciliation—not just with others, but with who we become because of our parents and who we want to be despite them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Drug use, and Sexual assault

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Cancer, Colonisation, Racial slurs, and Infidelity

lizzyreadz's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Wow! I had no idea of Rastafarian religion and it was incredible to learn from the powerful voice & journey of the narrator Safiya Sinclair.

Her words painted a thick picture of family, struggle, strength, fear, and forgiveness. She writes so beautifully it makes your heart cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexism, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Classism

ireanirean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Infertility, Death of parent, Drug use, Colonisation, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual harassment, War, Slavery, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Miscarriage

sillyduckie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Infertility, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Drug use, Confinement, and Blood

ittywitty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Bullying, Drug use, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, and Racial slurs

Minor: Cancer

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Beautiful memoir that taught me a lot while drawing a picture of the authors life: Safiya Sinclair manages to interweave personal memories seamlessly with Jamaican and Rastafarian history, making her story a whole. Her childhood memories are detailed and lively, drawn poetically with childlike wonder, shamelessness and parental worship, after which you feel complexity grow and doubts creeping in as she gets older. Sinclair is so proficient with language and I loved taking this in through audio as well, because her voice is gorgeous and she had great melody to her storytelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Colonisation, Pregnancy, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Drug use, Racial slurs, Body shaming, and Cancer