Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

56 reviews

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

 

I didn't expect this to be written as a letter from a father to his son, but that, combined with hearing it in the author's voice as an audiobook made for a very powerful read. Coates' voice feels honest and real, while addressing incredibly challenging and personal topics. This is a great read, particularly as an audiobook.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Police brutality, Death, and Gun violence

alexisgarcia's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

such a raw and emotional book, such an important read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

deidrelj's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, Police brutality, Racism, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, and Racial slurs

bookish_bry's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I listened to the audiobook read by the author and it was fantastic. The writing is so well done and the framing of the novel as a letter to his child was so great. It was such a good glimpse into this man's growth as a human being and a black man. There was something special about this book and the careful way Coates engaged with his own history with different views on race. Many of his observations made me think and look at certain things in a new light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, and Gun violence

steffilietzke's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gun violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol

mirandyli's review

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

What a beautifully written book. Ta-Nehisi Coates is truly an artist with the written word.

Through this letter to his son, he is ending the cycle of generational trauma. However, there is nothing he can do to end the cycle of racism in America. He, like all Black children, was told by everyone to be twice as good. White children aren't told to be twice as good. In fact, they are told to take twice as much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Slavery, Classism, Death, Police brutality, and Racism

juksu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Classism, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Slavery

gellyreads's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Police brutality, Racism, and Gun violence

indeedithappens's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Police brutality, War, Abandonment, Bullying, Child death, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Gaslighting, Rape, and Xenophobia

purplepenning's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Should certainly be required reading, in and out of the classroom. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, Classism, and Slavery