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A review by coffeebooksrepeat
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
3.0
Okay, so where do I start?
Let me start here — there is a special place in hell for bullies, and if I could, I would pay a premium so they would directly go there fast.
I have put off reading this bookstagram favorite for months. I had the Europa edition but sold it because of the trigger warnings.
I WAS BULLIED. In high school. For my weight and my hair.
Those who read my Facebook post about bullying a few years ago might think — “Why hasn't she moved on?” “Couldn't she forget all those things? It has been almost 20 years.”
Yes, it has been 20 years, yes, I have moved on, but no, I will never forget the faces, places, and phrases. EVER.
When you are a victim of bullying, you become angry and hateful not only to your attackers but also at yourself. And during these "angry" years, you become voiceless and quiet, and you silently run away — for your life and sanity.
It does not take a genius to know that bullying changes the victims, sometimes almost immediately after the first attack. When Kojima and her unnamed narrator male friend chose to accept their fate in the hands of their attackers without any resistance, I understood. One does not need to slit wrists or write "dark" journals to tell the world of his (or her) suffering. With bullying, silence and submission are the loudest screams.
You submit even if it is painful.
You submit so you can say you “survived” yet another day.
You submit because you have no other choice.
I could not be more direct when I say this — STOP BULLYING! JUST STOP!
#Heaven
@kawakami_mieko trans. #sambett #davidboyd
#STOPBULLYING
Let me start here — there is a special place in hell for bullies, and if I could, I would pay a premium so they would directly go there fast.
I have put off reading this bookstagram favorite for months. I had the Europa edition but sold it because of the trigger warnings.
I WAS BULLIED. In high school. For my weight and my hair.
Those who read my Facebook post about bullying a few years ago might think — “Why hasn't she moved on?” “Couldn't she forget all those things? It has been almost 20 years.”
Yes, it has been 20 years, yes, I have moved on, but no, I will never forget the faces, places, and phrases. EVER.
When you are a victim of bullying, you become angry and hateful not only to your attackers but also at yourself. And during these "angry" years, you become voiceless and quiet, and you silently run away — for your life and sanity.
It does not take a genius to know that bullying changes the victims, sometimes almost immediately after the first attack. When Kojima and her unnamed narrator male friend chose to accept their fate in the hands of their attackers without any resistance, I understood. One does not need to slit wrists or write "dark" journals to tell the world of his (or her) suffering. With bullying, silence and submission are the loudest screams.
You submit even if it is painful.
You submit so you can say you “survived” yet another day.
You submit because you have no other choice.
I could not be more direct when I say this — STOP BULLYING! JUST STOP!
#Heaven
@kawakami_mieko trans. #sambett #davidboyd
#STOPBULLYING