Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

9 reviews

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

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

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

mishmash911's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Forced institutionalization, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

5.0

This book makes me look at how far the USA has come and think it's not nearly enough.

CWs: wrongful imprisonment, discussions of capital punishment/death penalty, death by electric chair and lethal injection described on page, ableism, addiction, alcohol consumption/alcoholism, child abuse, child death, cursing, confinement (to cell and solitary), death, dementia, domestic abuse, drug use/abuse, emotional abuse, grief, gun violence, medical content, medical trauma, mental illness, miscarriage, murder, physical abuse, police brutality, racial slurs, racism, rape (of children/teenagers in adult prisons), pregnancy, self harm, schizophrenia/psychosis, sexual assault, sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, torture, violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

alayamorning's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Excrement, Child death, Death, Murder, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Slavery and Pregnancy

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

This is a memoir of an individual lawyer, but also a book about mass incarceration and the death penalty in the United States. It's about racism and poverty, but also the giant uncaring bureaucracy that the modern justice system has become - judges giving out harsher penalties to influence their reelection, exonerating evidence being illegally upheld due to public pressure to solve a crime quickly, in one absolutely bizarre case a defendant's court-appointed lawyer cashing a cheque that was intended to serve as evidence because there was a dispute about court fees.

I would recommend this to anyone who has never really thought about prison before - the ways that being incarcerated affects people forever even without the death penalty read like cruel and unusual punishment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Slavery

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

annapox's review against another edition

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

5.0

First, my one complaint: Some of the language regarding intellectual disability is outdated; there are several instances of the R-word, which stopped being a diagnosis in 2010. Using it when quoting people makes sense, but otherwise it should be avoided.

The rest of the book is excellent. It gives the reader a good look at the systemic injustice in the US criminal justice system. The stories Stevenson tells will upset you, but they're important to read anyway. Between the accounts of specific clients' legal battles, Stevenson describes the cultural and political shifts that have been the catalysts for problems like life sentences for children and the return of the death penalty. Overall, it's a very good introduction to the topic of systemic racism, classism, and ableism in the criminal justice system.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Ableism and Pregnancy

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Excrement, Homophobia, Dementia, and Infidelity

Minor: Islamophobia, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

imprisonment, wrongful imprisonment, capital punishment