Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

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

5 reviews

franklola's review

funny sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Bullying, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Classism, Cultural appropriation, and Racism

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

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

kaitlinlovesbooks's review

challenging funny informative fast-paced

4.0

Either I was shrieking with laughter or my jaw was on the floor. White people really do say the craziest things and think it’s okay!! These stories are absolutely WILD and may erode some of your hope in humanity, but also you will laugh out loud because they are told by Amber Ruffin’s comedic genius. Get ready to learn some harsh truths about the ridiculous state of racial relations in our country! Through comedy! (But seriously, white folks, please read this. Before you embarrass yourself in public some more. I include myself in this.) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Gun violence

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