Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

49 reviews

karina_dreamsinwords's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

Brutal, raw, and honest. Emezi's writing captivates no matter what.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Transphobia and Sexual assault

siobhanward's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I've read most of what Emezi has published, and <i> Pet </i> was one of my absolute favourite reads this year, so I was thrilled to discover Emezi had published a memoir. I loved that this was written as a series of letters to friends, family and other people important to Emezi. Their voice felt real and human and I appreciated their openness about their struggles with their mental health, and offering insight into their life as a nonbinary person. Emezi has a unique voice and creativity that is not often seen elsewhere, so getting some insight into their writing process, what inspired certain works and why they wrote them was an absolute treat. At this point, I'm pretty sure I'll read anything they write.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Transphobia, and Medical content

lormurenzi's review

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit and Sexual assault

lifewithjoce's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Transphobia

speaksoft's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Transphobia

dc32's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

note to self to remember chapters: worldbending, desire, holy, anointing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Transphobia, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

karingforbooks's review

informative slow-paced

2.5

I’m sure this resonates for others, but it’s not for me. Not least because the extensive discussion of suicide and self harm was triggering for me, so go into this having read content and trigger warnings. 
Otherwise I can’t tell if it’s just that I’m uncomfortable with someone being so confident or if I genuinely think they’re delusional in a harmless way. But none of it hit with me and I didn’t enjoy the writing style either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Death, Dysphoria, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Infertility, Sexual harassment, and Body horror

jenmcreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Self harm

takarakei's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Written as a series of letters to friends (and really to themself) Akwaeke Emezi's memoir gives a deep and vulnerable look into their mind and unique point of view. I listened to the audiobook, but was very glad I own a copy so I could highlight quotes to come back to. While covering some difficult topics, Emezi's gorgeous writing really shines through and even though as a memoir it centers on their experience, I found many relatable parts focused on the struggle of living in our current harsh world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Transphobia, Sexual assault, Rape, and Mental illness

Minor: Chronic illness, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

earthtokb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

so much admiration for this book & this writer! it’s definitely inspired me as I go about writing my own Black, queer, trans af memoir. thanks, alwaeke!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia and Sexual assault