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vrkinase0411's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.75
I'm not sure that there are words that adequately describe how one would read this book and be an utter shock and awe of what Woodfox has been through. There's several times I cried, I wanted to throw the book, or I wanted to scream from the injustice and my own feeling of helplessness. But there also was an amazing light of hopefulness and of unbroken spirit, that just wouldn't let go. I even knew how it would end, but even then I'm still angry in the way that it had to end for Albert to see freedom. This is more than a story of a man's torture and prevailing through that torture, this is a call to action for all of us to understand that the time for being silent was never an option and reform was never a real solution.
Raising consciousness is about human survival.
Raising consciousness is about human survival.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
bookiecharm's review against another edition
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Murder