Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

34 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Gun violence, Dysphoria, Confinement, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Trafficking, Police brutality, Slavery, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Grief, and Cultural appropriation

dreadspawn's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Slavery, Colonisation, Violence, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, and Death

meghan1111's review

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Confinement, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Classism, Racism, Sexism, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Slavery, Death, and Hate crime

Minor: Child death

gossamer_lens's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Literally just amazing. Informative, emotional, profound and beautifully written. The book should speak for itself. The audiobook was 3 1/2 hours. At that length and with it's message everyone should read it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Rape

jwartts's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Racism, Police brutality, Death, Murder, and Racial slurs

Minor: War, Grief, and Violence

sellnow_hannah's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

6/5 star

A truly beautiful, moving, and poignant memoir. This is written as a letter to the author’s son about life in a black body in the world of the Dreamers. I read this at the same time as I was listening to The New Jim Crow and this was a great combination. Between the World and Me puts a personal face on some of the themes explored in the more academic New Jim Crow.
Coates’ writing is incredible - almost poetic at many points. I was in awe of his skill and the beauty of his words (and now I want to read his articles for The Atlantic).
As a white, educated woman this book - more than any other I’ve read - made me look closely at my own privilege. While I can never fully understand the experience of living in a black body, this gave a raw, personal, emotional insight into the lives of people Coates describes as living in another galaxy than myself. 
I agree with the quote on the jacket, this absolutely should be required reading. This is a book to come back to again and again. 

(I don’t rate memoirs below a 4 star because I think it takes a lot of courage to be this vulnerable and share your life story. So for me 4-4.25 is good, 4.5-4.75 is great, 5.0 is fantastic.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Slavery, Murder, and Police brutality

ttmahome's review

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

Thought provoking writing of the reality of how ones body plays a role in the United States throughout history and today. Well written, and well narrated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Violence, and Racism

readingelli's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

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

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs