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janel1994's review against another edition
5.0
Heavy is one of the best memoirs I have ever read. Kiese Laymon is brilliant. This was so difficult to listen to as it was gut wrenching. I listened to the author read audio book and it felt very raw and personal. Such honesty. All the trauma he experienced came out of him in how he treated himself and his body. I highly recommend this book.
kirsten0929's review against another edition
4.0
[2018] In this beautifully written memoir, Laymon expresses what it is to carry weight - physical, yes, but also the weight of lies and secrets, abuse, racial injustice, addiction, and more. Heartbreaking and infuriating to read but written with a grace and understanding that leaves us hopeful.
billy_ray's review against another edition
5.0
I honestly had a really hard time putting this book down once I started. It is not an easy book to read, but it’s an important one that everyone *should* be reading. And as an essayist, I am blown away by and admire the fuck out of the language, the sentences, the ways that Laymon crafts this narrative, pulls the reader in, and pushes them to think. This is one I’m going to have to figure out a way to teach.
jessielinden1's review against another edition
5.0
Necessarily uncomfortable and uncomfortably necessary… To be read by Americans. To be read by white Americans. To exist at all, as a piece of art in the world. A memoir now favorited in my mind as much for its incredible quality of writing as for its deep insights about America via this one author and his story, gut wrenching to read though it is. Though written to his mother, it was impossible for me not to find Laymon’s story and the revelations he shared compelling.
In summary, the back of the book says it “asks all of us to confront the terrifying possibility that few of us know how to responsibly love,” and I agree with one of the reviewers: “we’re lucky to eavesdrop.”
In summary, the back of the book says it “asks all of us to confront the terrifying possibility that few of us know how to responsibly love,” and I agree with one of the reviewers: “we’re lucky to eavesdrop.”
kiamcginnis's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
_notjordan_'s review against another edition
5.0
It’s rare a book can move me to tears. As a memoir lover this is probably one of the best books I have ever read.