Reviews tagging 'Murder'

How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

4 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

This is gorgeous and poetic and so intimate. I'm excited to read more from Mr. Jones. It's a tough memoir to read - Jones has been through so much pain. An important display of the failure of our social systems too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Bullying, Grief, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Medical content, Rape, Violence, Cursing, and Racism

Minor: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

mmefish's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A beautifully written memoir that had spoken to my soul more than once (and made me cry).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Torture, Animal death, Hate crime, Murder, and Rape

armontheroad's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I truly cannot put into words how deeply incredible this memoir is!! This was raw and deeply personal. Saeed Jones narrates his audiobook, which in my opinion, amplified the experience. It baffled me how Jones was able to discuss so much hardship whilst somehow managing to keep the book light and funny at points. By the time I got to the end, I could not stop crying. The writing is just brilliant! At the end of the day, this memoir is a love letter to his mother who passed away after being terminally ill for years. It is about the relationship the two of them had, about his life growing up Black and gay, about the religious abuse he suffered throughout his life. It’s a story about family and trauma. I do not recommend it lightly. Please take my trigger warnings into consideration before reading and to ensure the protection of your mental health I suggest doing additional research into trigger warnings beforehand!

CWs/TWs: suicide, racism, hate crime, homophobia, religious bigotry, child abuse, sexual content, pedophilia, childhood sexual assault, RuPaul reference, chronic illness, medical content, death of a parent, grief, rape, murder (minor), fetishization, car accident, physical assault, animal death, eye gore, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, Physical abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide, Racism, Homophobia, and Rape

Minor: Murder

rrovezzi's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Murder, Police brutality, and Death of parent