Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

27 reviews

tenderbench's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Police brutality, Death of parent, Death, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide

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

smallredboy's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

I loved this book; I truly didn't understand the concept of a lyric essay until I got into Abdurraqib's work. He makes reading about anything and everything interesting, even topics I have no interest in. Although, of course, the topics I do have vested interest in did call out to me more: I nearly cried while reading "Fall Out Boy Forever".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Islamophobia

alylentz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This was beautifully written and the essays were so compelling. The music I knew and was familiar with was so perfectly and lovingly described, and the music I got the chance to learn about and appreciate through this book was such a welcome surprise. It is heavy material at times and deeply focused on grief, so I took my time reading this and made sure I was in the right headspace, but it is an absolutely stunning collection of essays. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Suicide

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

zimmie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, Racism, and Sexual assault

cannnned's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

This is a great book; Abdurraqib  weaves a thought-provoking narrative through music reviews and personal stories. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Cursing, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use