Reviews

The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers

whatsbeckyreading's review against another edition

2.0

DNF on page 208. This just seems really heavily edited and I am having to do a lot of suspension of disbelief. Not my cup of tea.

emybooksandcoffee's review

4.0

If it hadn't been so heavily and obviously edited, it would have gained five stars for me. However, I was deeply touched by the students' experiences, most of them were too heartbreaking and raw.

siennarose_reads's review

3.0

not my genre, but it was enjoyable.

firxtly's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.0

kamouraska23's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.5

angryeditor's review

5.0

I would call this book rather far-fetched if these were not true stories. But they are. It is amazing how unbelievable the reality can seem.

jmkendall0218's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

lattelibrarian's review

5.0

Fantastic. This book just makes me want to teach English even more.

alex_nicole's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

This is such a great non-fiction read. I’m not the biggest fan of non fiction, however I had to read this for a class and it was such a unique and inspiring read to see where the students go in life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Body shaming, Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

mariancanread's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0