Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Tung by Kiese Laymon

89 reviews

literaryinfatuation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Homophobia

skorned's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

allanahrolph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, and Dementia

thechiaraface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

 This book is exquisitely written. It is moving, heart-wrenching, brutally honest, and immensely thought-provoking. This memoir explores so many things: race in America, power, poverty, our inheritances (literally and figuratively/emotionally/spiritually), self-regard/love/respect, intersectionality, relationship dynamics in families and in society, the weight of secrets and shame, and so much more. This book does not shy away from the hard things, it drives in deep. While I am not who this book was written for, it still resonated strongly with me. I woke up one morning thinking about this book during the week I was reading this - that is highly unusual for me and a true sign of how impactful this book was to me. I HIGHLY recommend this book. Also, note this book has numerous content warnings, so please look those up before reading if needed/wanted and as always please take care of yourself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

tasleemreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Powerful, vulnerable, gripping and painfully honest are the words that come to mind whenever I begin to describe this book.

#Heavy by #KieseLaymon is a memoir written as a letter to his mother. Laymon talks about race, sexuality, abuse, relationship, education, weight, body and so much more. This book is very personal, I was reading memories and stories that I shouldn't have access to. The title of the book is very fitting for the contents, it is a Heavy book with heavy themes and realities. The rawness and authenticity of this book were surprising and I hope it was healing for Laymon.

A few of the many passages that stuck out to me:

✨ "I don't remember hurting you as much as you remember being hurt, Kie. I'm not saying it didn't happen. I'm just saying I don't remember everything the way you do."

✨ Men were trained to harm women in ways women could never harm men, parents were trained to harm children in ways children would never harm parents.

✨ America seems filled with violent people who like causing people pain but hate when those people tell them that pain hurts.

✨ I really needed to think about the difference between loving someone and loving how someone made you feel.

✨ I will wonder if the memories that remain with age are heavier than the ones we forget because they mean more to us, or if our bodies, like our nation, eventually purge memories we never wanted to be true.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Rape

readswithcocktails's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

communoah's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Rape

mckenna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

like laymon writes, i’ll have to read this more than twice to really get all it has to offer. but it was heavy in important and profound ways even on my first read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

harry's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Racism

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction