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hp_reading's review against another edition
5.0
“I tell him all this and ask, ‘Am I making sense?’ What I mean is, Do you see me?”
Haunting, hopeful, and heartbreaking. Elissa’s words are so beautiful they force you to see everything in her life that has not been and asks you to see her.
Haunting, hopeful, and heartbreaking. Elissa’s words are so beautiful they force you to see everything in her life that has not been and asks you to see her.
grayjay's review against another edition
3.0
White Magic is a collection of interconnected and spiraling essays that loop through repeating themes, metaphors, and images.
Washuta is a woman who is spiritually attracted to witchcraft and wants crystals and herbs but doesn't want to give white women her money. She writes about men and sexual violence, mental health and trauma, video games, Twin Peaks, and the colonial history of the indigenous peoples and the land of the Seattle area.
Washuta is a woman who is spiritually attracted to witchcraft and wants crystals and herbs but doesn't want to give white women her money. She writes about men and sexual violence, mental health and trauma, video games, Twin Peaks, and the colonial history of the indigenous peoples and the land of the Seattle area.
virginia_vex's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Rape, and Toxic relationship
lsparrow's review against another edition
4.0
a collection of essays about indigeneity, trauma, love and magic. I enjoyed the first few the most - a lot ot think about in terms of the colonization of 'magic'.
parksystems's review against another edition
my entire reading group collectively decided not to continue with the book / pivot to reading other things on the topics this claimed to cover. the author wrote this very early in a pretty monumental recovery process. it’s very navel gazing, subjective, and just dragging & annoying to read. i hope the writer continues on their journey and gains perspective, wisdom and writes a book with something to offer but this ain’t it.
laila4343's review against another edition
3.0
Did I like this, or did I really like it? Three or four stars? Is there anyone I can recommend this to? (Not really.) What exactly was this? Once I made it through the first section, which was rough, I couldn't stop reading. It was hypnotic and strange and sad, but there was hope at the end that repeated destructive patterns were broken. This was a weird book. But I'm glad I read it.
cubaitlubin's review
dark
emotional
reflective
Spiraling mixed bag with engaging moments of prose and rage, and other parts that lagged and were hard to focus on.