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divyareads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Racism
readandfindout's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Style/writing: 5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality
Moderate: Racism, Grief, Death, Slavery, Violence, and Medical trauma
greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Police brutality, and Racism
aargot1's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Grief
COVID-19 pandemicthebakerbookworm's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I read these poems slowly, just a few every day, and I highly recommend. I feel like usually I’m rushing through books, trying to read as much as possible; it was so nice to just take it slow with this one and really absorb the poems.
Touching on ideas of grief, memory, and identity, these poems also dig in to collective trauma, and what it’s like to experience tragedy together. She uses letters from history to reflect on present-day events, and even the formatting of her words have meaning (for example, the words of one poem form an image of a whale).
Honestly, my words can’t do these poems justice, so I’m just gonna say—even if you don’t usually read poetry, there’s something here for you. I recommend for anyone who needs some reflection on the past two years.
Touching on ideas of grief, memory, and identity, these poems also dig in to collective trauma, and what it’s like to experience tragedy together. She uses letters from history to reflect on present-day events, and even the formatting of her words have meaning (for example, the words of one poem form an image of a whale).
Honestly, my words can’t do these poems justice, so I’m just gonna say—even if you don’t usually read poetry, there’s something here for you. I recommend for anyone who needs some reflection on the past two years.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Violence, Death, Racism, and War
anniereads221's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Death, Police brutality, Grief, Violence, and Racism
liwolf's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Colonisation, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Slavery, Violence, and War
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