Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

17 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

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

nicolesbookreviews's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Police brutality, Confinement, Torture, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

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

essie__reads's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Dementia, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Self harm, and Violence

michelles_book_nook's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

⚠️ TW: injustice, racism, murder, drug use, death, suicide, violence, abuse ⚠️ This book focuses on mass imprisonment and extreme punishment in America as well as the injustice surrounding the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in society and how these people are so easily condemned, whilst also telling the stories of some of those who Stevenson met through his work that were wrongly convicted. Some of the statistics and points discussed in this book truly shocked me despite already having a fair view of the American justice system from research I've done in the past and it sickened me knowing the extent and amount of people that are still experiencing these levels of injustice in the 21st century. For example, the prison population in America has increased from 300,000 in the early 70's to 2.3 million when this book was published which is the highest rate of imprisonment in the world. And, there are nearly 6 million on probation or parole with 1 in every 15 people born in the US in 2001 being expected to go to jail at some point in their lives and 1 in every 3 are black males. These numbers even include children, some of which have been condemned to life imprisonment without parole and 3000 of those have been sentenced to die in prison. Some states don't even have a minimum age for prosecuting children as adults and the US have sent a quarter million children to adult jails and prisons for long term or life sentences, some of which are under the age of 12. This read is so hauntingly page turning, eye opening and so interesting and has really refreshed in my mind the state of the American justice system from the view of a lawyer himself while being so well written and emotional. Overall, I highly recommend giving this one a read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death, Suicide, Murder, Violence, and Drug use

lvr105's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Ableism, Death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Confinement, Violence, Slavery, Self harm, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

hot_water's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

maarsargo's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Death, Drug use, and Emotional abuse