Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Lacey Lamar, Amber Ruffin

6 reviews

mrclintdavis's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

foreverinastory's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was equal parts hilarious and horrifying. Everyone needs to read this to see just how pervasive and draining racism is. My mouth definitely dropped open at the sheer nerve of some of the white people in this book. They were the worst!! Mostly though, these stories did not surprise me. I was really glad to see how Amber and Lacey turned it into comedy and were able to laugh about it.

CWs: Racism, racial slurs, bullying, police brutality, child abuse, cultural appropriation, xenophobia, gaslighting, sexism, misogynoir, stalking, cursing, religious bigotry, classism. Moderate: gun violence, emotional abuse, hate crime, mentions and jokes about slavery, medical content (medicalized racism), grief, colonisation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Sexism, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Stalking, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Slavery, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

val_books_of_leisure's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.5

Amber's brilliance in writing is so present in this book that it comes through even better as she and Lacey narrate the audiobook. While there are parts of this book which will make the reader or listener laugh and/or exclaim "What in the world?!" due to the absurdity in these stories, it is such an informative book. These parts of Lacey's and Amber's lives show just how real and prevalent racism still is in the U.S. 

Highly recommend folks listen to the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexism

madisonfrank's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Stalking

bencaroline's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Stalking, and Bullying

Minor: Racial slurs, Violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Grief, Cursing, Confinement, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

annabunce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

 READ THIS BOOK! Somehow Lacey and Amber Ruffin manage to make the horror show that is being a Black woman in America funny while simultaneously opening readers eyes to the pervasive nature of racism. If you are working on building your understanding of how to practice anti-racism this is a key piece - understanding the daily interactions that fill this book has been eye opening. It's one thing to understand on an intellectual level that Black people are exposed to racist sentiments and behaviors on a regular basis - but this book drives home how insanely common events that made me literally exclaim out loud are. Read this book, read this book, read this book.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Stalking, Religious bigotry, and Police brutality

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Kidnapping