Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

19 reviews

akvolcano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Genocide, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Ableism, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

bgunther's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A must read! Excellent storytelling by an author whose lived experience shines light on the horrific nature of incarceration in America. This story broke my heart but also inspired me to become a fellow “stone catcher” to intercept the stones thrown at the most innocent and vulnerable among us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Mental illness, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Miscarriage, Rape, Hate crime, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Child death, Slavery, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation

danimcthomas's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely life-changing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Stalking

pepp_sheffield's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Dementia, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Child death

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Classism, Police brutality, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, Ableism, Rape, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Racism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

julybunny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Biphobia, Child death, Confinement, Death, Classism, Drug use, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

chloes_home_library's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Torture, Violence, Bullying, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Racism, Confinement, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Child abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Racial slurs

annieanson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Rape, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Child death, and Homophobia

brinnet's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child death, Confinement, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Confinement, and Addiction

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Dementia, War, Terminal illness, and Infertility

suchsweetsorrow89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

this is a very interesting read! this was gifted to me by a mentor that has been pushing the pre law agenda on me for a while now. i honestly had no clue what to expect reading this book and i was surprised. left me wondering more about the treatment of women in the criminal justice system (both those on the inside and outside) and more about the connection between the soul/psychology and the impact the criminal justice system (but really america) has on the individual. i don't know if i have ever read a book that has left me as determined to research something as this one. the criminal legal system has always and will always be something that deeply interests me and this book brought light to so many f*cked up things about it that i had never known (but am not surprised by). the only critique i have is that this book speeds through different cases at some point-- cases that are really challenging and hard to read. there are even points where an electrocution takes place and it is described in detail... it's hard to read. i think what's hardest about these scenes is the writing style-- it's almost too clinical, dissociated, and 'lawyer-like' that it was unsettling to read. and unsettling here not in an artistic and metaphoric way but in a 'are you a human or a robot' way (too harsh?). if you are someone who is interested in criminal law or is interested in prisons in america then i would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness