Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

6 reviews

henriettaenam's review

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Body shaming

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

One of the best books I have ever read. I don’t even know what to say other than I get this in my soul and bones

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Ableism

gagne's review

reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Medical content, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

undertheteacup's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Ableism, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Racism, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault

tinytrashqueen's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Body horror, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Ableism, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, Misogyny, Outing, Sexism, Transphobia, and Violence

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

 - Per usual, when I try to sit down to write about an Emezi book, I cannot find the words. Their work is simply beyond my ability to discuss. Each book bends my mind and cracks open the world a little differently.
- DEAR SENTHURAN is a look inside their brain, their heart, their soul. It's an extended discussion of how to deal with a world that does not want you, on several levels. It's the pain and joy and revenge of making space for yourself anyway.
- Even beyond the larger ideas explored, the actual writing and words of this book are expansive, visceral, horrifying and elegant. They are truly a master of their craft.
- Also, I've listed content warnings below: please take them seriously. Emezi does not hold back on some graphic descriptions, particularly about suicide and self harm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Violence