Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Concrete Kids by Amyra León

7 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

5.0

The poems were full of some gut-punching phrases and vivid imagery. A fantastic addition to the pocket change collective.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse and Alcoholism

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Racism

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.25

Pocket size,  power poems. I really enjoyed the style of the poetry. Definite content warnings, but an overall hopeful tone 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Cursing, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

kayladaila's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Chronic illness, Classism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Colonisation

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

I really enjoyed this short collection of free-verse poetry from the author, Amyra Leon. She really highlights the struggles she faces through a lens of intersectionality - a child in foster care, poverty, loss and grief, being Black, and more. Her stories help you feel empathy without pity; they are factual, yet not told in such a way as to make you feel sorry for her. It is important for us to remember that experiences other than our own are worth listening to, and that at least trying to understand can put us in a better position not only to empathize with others, but to advocate for those who are underrepresented and mistreated. I would definitely read more by this author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Additional TW/CW: poverty, foster care, lynching

shyster's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse

bookiecharm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Slavery