Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Tradition by Jericho Brown

34 reviews

maac's review against another edition

As any collection of work some pieces are better and some fall flat 
For the most part I really enjoyed this even though I don’t read poetry a ton so this was nice despite knowing that some I would’ve liked better if a few things had been tweaked or if the structure had been a little different. The poems do have a satisfying way of sounding nice and that’s always enjoyable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Rape

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Challenging, sad and reflective. These poems packed punches of anger and grief. 

Some fav quotes: 
"None of the beaten end up how we began." - part 1, duplex
"A poem is a gesture toward home." - part 1, duplex
"I'm not crossing to cross back. I'm set on something vast. It reaches long as the sea. I'm more than a conqueror, bigger than bravery. I don't march. I'm the one who leaps." - part 3, crossing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexual content, and Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Rape

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Hate crime and Rape

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

Moderate: Rape, Mass/school shootings, and Domestic abuse

rchaps's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

mangela_28's review against another edition

This is the type of poetry I do not understand (100% my problem) and therefore will not be rating.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Holy shit this was amazing. I read it all in one sitting because I just couldn't stop reading. So many lines made me just sort of sit there staring at nothing, like, they were just stunning. I definitely want to read more of Brown's work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Suicide, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Minor: Misogyny

aseel_reads's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Rape

badmom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

f18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Child abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, and Chronic illness

Minor: Sexism, Rape, and Bullying