Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

60 reviews

dani_c's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

A must read for every American. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

erniedresser's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Hate crime, Gun violence, Slavery, and Death

somewhereinbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs

booksandcoffeerequired's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, Hate crime, and Gun violence

thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

So many thoughts swirl around in my head. I'm not sure how to articulate them so they make sense. The passion behind Coates' writing hits you like a wall. And the reality of the circumstances people of color face every day simply for being brown, black, yellow, red, tan...my heart cracks into dust. Coates clinches the desire within me to be fearless in the face of injustice. For the humanity of every single people who is any other shade besides white, it is our duty as humans to stand up and push back.

We only get one body. Any color, any ability, any culture, any religion, any gender, we have to take care of each other and ourselves.

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Content Warnings

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

alreads13's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

bexh's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

madeline29's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, and Racism

eegah's review

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

This is probably one of the most poignant books I've read this year, if not ever. A must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Gun violence

snslayer's review

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book puts a lot of the issues of anti-blackness in America and the legacy of slavery and the damage of ongoing white supremacy into a very personal, human perspective that I think is really necessary for white people to read. It's painful to read in a way that we need to be hurt. Really clear in voice and purpose. An excellent book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, and Child abuse