Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

36 reviews

karleeread's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

narrnaul's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Child abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

intensej's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

Sinclair's visceral and lush descriptions of her childhood in Jamaica blew me away. She is fearless as she unpacks her family history. I really loved the poetry of Sinclair's writing. The phrase "my heart was a bursting mango" made me smile (p. 82). Sinclair's focus on her relationship with her mother and her siblings reminded me of The Yellow House and Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir. How to Say Babylon is a must read for lovers of memoirs, poetry, and strong women. If you are ever thinking of visiting Jamaica, I highly recommend this book.

"Beyond the hazy light of the veiled world lives this moment of my life diverging--I went one way, and the other girl, the girl I never became, went the other, with all her mysterious possibilities, all her unknown and possible worlds" (p. 122).

Content: graphic descriptions of suicide, violence 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

darcygabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child abuse, Racism, and Self harm

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Bullying, Classism, and Colonisation

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

every single word of this book was so beautifully thought out. such a heart wrenching story that was so poetically told and one of the realest portrayals of the struggle of forgiveness and the aftermath of abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny

hannahleewhite's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

internationalreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

caitlinxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse

solenodon's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Racism, Bullying, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Colonisation

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

readingelli's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault