304 reviews for:

Islands of Decolonial Love

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

4.35 AVERAGE

lsparrow's review against another edition

5.0

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sharp!

doritobabe's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5/5
Sad and revealing contemporary collection of aboriginal stories and songs.
Some were more moving than others, but that is to be expected.

foresty_creature's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Interesting, I connected to certain parts more than others. Some of the language is really beautiful, I think the poems were my favourites. I think I could spend more time with this and get more out of it, it’s very nuanced. As usual though, I like Simpson’s thoughts. 

reading_for_the_dopamine's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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What a gifted story teller.

These stories are;

Immersive, vivid, complex, nuanced, entrancing, unapologetic,  emotional, powerful and beautiful.

Being able to sit down and listen to the stories through audio narration added significantly to the experiance.

rhi_petrycka's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

razzberry_pi's review against another edition

4.0

challenging funny medium-paced

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Poetry isn't generally something I read but picked this one up and it was quite good. The longer poems stories especially were great and very engaging. I also really liked the multimedia aspects with songs/recordings online. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Racism

leticiaanadias's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

honeyt's review against another edition

5.0

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Hauntingly beautiful.

bibliophagy's review against another edition

4.0

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stumbled upon this audio free on spotify. hadnt heard of it before. so glad i gave it a listen. beautiful stories. beautiful language. so grateful for tantoo cardinal's narration. incredible collaboration.

lmaowolf's review against another edition

4.5

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Love the narrator's reading, definitely recommend reading in audio format