Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Tradition by Jericho Brown

22 reviews

readingbrb's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Racism

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Rape, Homophobia, and Sexual content

livelaughlesbian99's review against another edition

sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Police brutality, Rape, and Domestic abuse

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Rape, Police brutality, Slavery, Racism, Violence, and Physical abuse

sunkernplus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

A stunning poetry collection by Jericho Brown that explores the topics of race, rape, HIV, and bisexuality with deft precision and the soft hand of a skilled writer. The Duplex Centos are standout poems of his. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Police brutality

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Physical abuse

astrangewind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

I wanted to like this book more than I did. Don't get me wrong - Brown's poems are striking and evocative, effortlessly linking sound and form and style to experience. In theory, this should appeal to me, but something about it doesn't land quite right. Maybe it's the awkwardness of some of his lines - it's clear that he has never read a whole lot of these poems out loud. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Colonisation, Sexual content, and Racism

Minor: Police brutality, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Classism

readsbymoonlight's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, and Gun violence

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Violence, Racism, and Police brutality

Minor: Child abuse and Incest

carriepond's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.75

I don’t feel equipped to adequately review this collection from Jericho Brown, but it is brilliant and beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Police brutality, and Violence

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the content of the poetry, but would have preferred a different format so everything could be discussed more at length. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, and Rape