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lauraloveslemons's review
challenging
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Racism, and Bullying
Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, and Homophobia
Minor: Violence, Murder, and Slavery
that_bookworm_guy's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
This is such an empowering and joyful book about identity, culture, and love. This is the kind of book we need more of.
Built from a collection of essays from different people, this book covers so many topics that all link to Black Joy.
Some of the names I recognised and others I didn't, and I always love that about book written by different people. I love find new people to follow and reading about different experiences.
There are some hard hitting topics in this book, but at the start of the sections, there are trigger warnings if needed, and I really apprecaite this and others will too.
At the end of the book, all of the contributors have their own bios which was a great addition, not only did it explain more of who they are and what they do, it also helped with knowing what pronouns they use. Some thing that was done so naturally and well. There are a lot of people that identity as LGBTQ+ that contributed to this and that write about their expriences of being Black and Queer.
The bios of the illustrators were also included, but unfortunately I couldn't see the illustrations on my ebook ARC, so I guess I'll have to wait until the release to see the artwork
Built from a collection of essays from different people, this book covers so many topics that all link to Black Joy.
Some of the names I recognised and others I didn't, and I always love that about book written by different people. I love find new people to follow and reading about different experiences.
There are some hard hitting topics in this book, but at the start of the sections, there are trigger warnings if needed, and I really apprecaite this and others will too.
At the end of the book, all of the contributors have their own bios which was a great addition, not only did it explain more of who they are and what they do, it also helped with knowing what pronouns they use. Some thing that was done so naturally and well. There are a lot of people that identity as LGBTQ+ that contributed to this and that write about their expriences of being Black and Queer.
The bios of the illustrators were also included, but unfortunately I couldn't see the illustrations on my ebook ARC, so I guess I'll have to wait until the release to see the artwork
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Mental illness
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