Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

9 reviews

jeggert10's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Classism, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, Cancer, Abandonment, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Death

princxporkchop's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

A crucial archive of Black culture and history that's unfortunately weakened at times by its liberal academic sensibilities, particularly with its adherence to respectability politics and the lionization of war criminal Barack Obama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Misogyny, Police brutality, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Slavery, Genocide, Hate crime, Death, Classism, Torture, Gore, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Addiction, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Alcoholism, Medical content, and Death of parent

loriming's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

jaiari12's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Classism, and Grief

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

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

meredithw's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Slavery, Murder, and Grief

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

 📚 This is one of the most engaging nonfiction books I've ever read. Wilkerson's narrative style draws you in immediately.
📚 It's such an incredible account of ordinary people doing something extraordinary. So much of the history we learn is about the exceptional people, and Wilkerson reminds us that history is also written by everyday people.
📚 I never learned about this period of history in school - we never made it much beyond the turn of the century in my classes. We often think of historical events as discrete periods of time, but THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS deftly shows how interconnected everything is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence