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keeganrb's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Cancer
Minor: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, and Genocide
vaniavela's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Nadia Owusu was a little girl when her mother left her and her little sister with her father.
Aftershocks is told in a non-linear narrative, moving forward and backward in time and place, showing us how her life fell apart. You can read each chapter as an individual product, and link them together at the end, without a problem.
The author uses earthquakes as a metaphor for her life, dealing with mental health issues growing up. With her mother's abandonment and her father's death, her world collapsed.
The writing is also powerful in its own way, portraying racism, colorism, grief and mental illness in a particular way.
This is a memoir that will move you!
CW:
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Grief
Moderate: Racism, Cancer, Homophobia
Minor: Eating disorder, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship
Aftershocks is told in a non-linear narrative, moving forward and backward in time and place, showing us how her life fell apart. You can read each chapter as an individual product, and link them together at the end, without a problem.
The author uses earthquakes as a metaphor for her life, dealing with mental health issues growing up. With her mother's abandonment and her father's death, her world collapsed.
The writing is also powerful in its own way, portraying racism, colorism, grief and mental illness in a particular way.
This is a memoir that will move you!
CW:
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Grief
Moderate: Racism, Cancer, Homophobia
Minor: Eating disorder, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Racism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Genocide
meganelise's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Genocide
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