Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

10 reviews

annejmartin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Racism, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, and Hate crime

blackberryjambaby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Terminal illness, War, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Drug use, Child death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Pedophilia

imstephtacular's review against another edition

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

4.25

This is one of those books that I don’t feel smart enough to read and I mean that as a compliment. The poetry and criticism are so sharp and deep and wholly human. The stories are horrifying and harrowing but also hopeful and fascinating. I learned a ton and I know these essays are going to haunt me for days to come 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Gun violence, Grief, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Cursing, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexism, Bullying, Slavery, Child death, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Religious bigotry

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

 - THEY CAN’T KILL US UNTIL THEY KILL US might be the single best essay collection I’ve ever read in my life. Abdurraqib is one of those writers who is able to cut clear to the heart of existence in just a few sentences, and I’m continually in awe of his craft.
- It does help that I was big into the 2000s emo scene, which many of the early essays in this book center on. No, YOU cried about Fall Out Boy while reading this book!
- It’s not just about the music, though, it never is with his writing. Music is life, and it illuminates what it’s like live in Abdurraqib’s body in this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Racism, Murder, Cursing, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Slavery, and Suicide

mmccombs's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Poets should always write books! (I liked A Little Devil in America slightly more but like… I will read whatever this man writes)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

toffishay's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Misogyny, Gun violence, Grief, Racism, and Violence

cassmensah5's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Islamophobia

wrestleacademic's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Hate crime, Racism, Islamophobia, and Police brutality

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

If you haven't yet read Hanif Abdurraqib's writing, you are missing out. Absolutely stellar.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Suicide, and Islamophobia

maggiekateb's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs