Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

13 reviews

anna_l's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Police brutality

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

I think this memoir will be really helpful for a lot of people, and I'm very glad it was written. I'm also glad I read it. However, the writing was not very good; I feel bad saying this, and this is the first book in a very long time where I would actually say something like that. I think the structure of the book was sort of a mess, and so much of it was really on the nose. "Here's a story that I'm going to tell in a roundabout way as if it's not planned out ahead of time, and now here's how I connect this to broader society/gender/identity/etc." Again, I think this book will be great for some young people figuring out their identity on multiple levels. And it's not like it was written terribly or anything--but I haven't read a book written this poorly in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

sweetmusic22's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Grief, Incest, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Rape

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

I've heard a lot of great things about this book. There are very few memoirs that I like to read. This was one of them. I loved how George talked about his own lived experience of what it's like to be a black gay man. He explores gender identity, family bonding, brotherhood, toxic masculinity, intersectionality, consent, black-joy, and marginalization, all in a series of essays. I think this is a great book (not just for teens) but for anybody who wants to learn how to be better allies, not just for the black community, but the LGHBTQ+ community too.