Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field by Billy-Ray Belcourt

3 reviews

bookbrig's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

I rarely read full poetry collections because it's a form I can struggle with as a reader. This book has so many layers, and the poems dive deep into theory and emotion. It's the sort of book that I would likely understand better if I could talk it through with other readers or in an academic setting to catch some of the allusions that I know I'm missing. But there are also some poems that I really loved, even without necessarily having the broader context, and I'm glad I read the whole book. I think my favorite may have been Cree Girl Blows Up The Necropolis Of Ottawa, but The Terrible Beauty of the Reserve was a close second.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

becksusername's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.75

I feel like I need to get smarter and read this again and again 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Homophobia, and Racism

emma_b_rhodes's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, and Racism