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bailey_the_bookworm's review against another edition
4.75
The seismology metaphor woven through the book and the grappling with privilege, oppression, and the messy relationship between the two—all of it is just so good.
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Violence
just_one_more_paige's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Colonisation, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Cancer, Sexual assault, Bullying, Alcohol, and Violence
Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Infidelity
lindsayerin's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: War
vaniavela's review against another edition
4.0
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
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Racism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Genocide
laurikas's review
4.0
We live in a society that screams at us from every angle how in control we are of our lives. How we can turn any situation around, if only we give it our best. Have cancer? You can BEAT cancer.
Are going through lost and grieving? You will MOVE ON.
Suffer depression? You can BAT it away, focus on the good stuff.
Have a tough job? Try HARDER for a job you love.
It's all royal crap. Stuff we say and repeat non-stop so we try and give some logic to this endless noise and senseless experiences we go through. At the end of the day we have as much control over our health, happiness, well being, as any other creature. It's all part of our stories, and sometimes we just need to live through the earthquake and come back on the other side like Nadia did.
I pour libation to you Nadia.
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Abandonment, and Death of parent
kayleyhyde's review
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Homophobia, and Cancer
signediza's review
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, and Religious bigotry
jayisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Owusu brings such unique perspective to the table as a biracial woman (Ghanaian Armenian) who had a less grounded childhood as a result of her father’s job with the United Nations. In addition, she brings to attention what it’s like dealing with madness, grief, and trauma; deeply contemplating on their connections with each other and to her life. She traces these through her fraught relationships with her mother and stepmother, the death of her father, the various countries she lived in and, of course, her identity.
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Racism, Death, Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Homophobia
Minor: Genocide and Eating disorder
meganelise's review against another edition
5.0
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
readalongwithnat's review
4.0
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault
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