Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

27 reviews

ledlight's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

emmaas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I loved this book. It was beautiful yet heartbreaking, full of love and full of sadness. It was so well written as well. I highly recommend, especially for white folks to better understand the black experience in the US

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

rebeccacalvar's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, and Drug abuse

kayr0b's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Racism, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

dianna_reads's review

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Car accident, Addiction, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

I'd call this a memoir with a purpose which is something that's right up my alley, but this one was a little difficult to keep straight. The bouncing back and forth between personal stories and memories of the men who died just for a bit confusing in audiobook form. But it was incredibly powerful and raw. Jesmyn really doesn't pull any punches in her writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Misogyny, Suicide, Infidelity, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

zarrazine's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Racism

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

lyndsayreads's review

emotional reflective sad

I almost feel like I can't and shouldn't rate this book because it feels so deeply personal to the author. Ward recounts her life growing up in the South and also shares her experience losing five men she was close to in a very short amount of time. It's a book about a lot of things but namely it is an exploration of grief - her own and that of the community of people that experienced these losses.

The writing is gorgeous. It almost feels like you're reading a novel because Ward paints such a picture of her life and the lives of these five men. I've had several of her books on my TBR for many years now. And I feel like finally reading something by her is going to open the floodgates of me consuming her books and hopefully loving everything.

This was excellent and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to any and everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Drug abuse

clarabooksit's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Grief, Car accident, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Addiction, and Incest

Minor: Animal death

meganbyrd77's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use