Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

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

20 reviews

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Islamophobia, and Police brutality

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

There is so much contained is such a short book. I really enjoyed the author's reflections and interjections about the contents of the essays in the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Death of parent, Suicide, Police brutality, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Death

jourdanicus's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I find it hard to rate a book of essays - many of these essays made me feel so much. The ones to which I couldn't relate as much felt a little more like a drag to get through. Usually I love a book read by its author, but prose read by a poet can actually be hit and miss (for me personally I guess).

Some of the essays hit deep and others seemed, idk, a little unfinished? But still beautiful.

I loved the concept - it was almost like memoir plus social/political commentary through the lens of music criticism. All things I love, especially when early pop punk is involved. I can't wait to read Abdurraqib's poetry.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Police brutality, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

erinmcav's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Police brutality, and Death

Minor: Islamophobia

danimcthomas's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Classism, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Violence

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

beezinda's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Insightful collection of essays that perfectly explore the swirl of identity, race, grief, change, and music. Genuinely beautiful prose and masterfully evocative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racism, and Police brutality

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

kers_tin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Racism, and Gun violence

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