Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

22 reviews

mourtarymaggots's review against another edition

We were supposed to read this for class but after student complaints the district ruled it wasn’t appropriate for a high school class.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Torture, and Murder

Obviously a book about the Great Migration will include hard to discuss topics. This book does not hold back and is very honest.

alicianoel126's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Great book on a topic barely covered. Long and tedious read at times. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs

lavenderdrip555's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Murder

shibaunited's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Hate crime, Gun violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Cancer, Classism, Death, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia and Gaslighting

wlreed312's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

 This was absolutely fantastic. The narratives of the three protagonists were heartbreaking, awe inspiring, sometimes lovely and sometimes frustrating. They were all so deeply human. The history is fascinating. The writing is lovely and engaging. Wilkerson is a wonder. I don't often buy nonfiction books because I try to save my purchases for books I know I'll reread, but I think I'll make an exception for this. Truly wonderful, as is Caste.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Forced institutionalization

eva_v's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Medical content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

As a European I found this a very informative read regarding an important movement and period in American history. It also helps to explain much of the current problems and attitudes in American society. I was greatly inspired and moved by the characters and their difficult journeys, even though some parts were (very) hard to read. Would wholeheartedly recommend.

laurenleigh's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

I really appreciate how much work went into this nonfiction work about the Great Migration. Wilkerson REALLY did her homework. She has meticulously researched the subject, and I value her wide range of source material. The core of her research is in first-person accounts, but she supplements this beautifully with census data, advertiments from the era, newspaper articles, sociology studies, poetry, and novels. The information was skillfully woven together. But I found the overall reading experience challenging. The first part goes into some really intense details about the horrors Black Americans faced in the Jim Crow South. It felt important to fully understand why it could be dangerous, even life-threatening to stay in the South, but there was some pretty graphic violence. I also felt a little thrown off by the timing, as her three first-person accounts migrated in three different decades. 1930 vs. 1955 were very different times, and I felt my brain had to juggle this, as she bounced around from story to story. I do feel like I learned some valuable things, but the process to do so was difficult at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Torture, Police brutality, Murder, and Hate crime

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, Cancer, Death, and Child death

Minor: Car accident

clarabooksit's review

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Death, Murder, Violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Child death

Moderate: Medical content and Infidelity

nikkiacat's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism and Miscarriage

gabtiffin's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Infidelity