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nathiddles_106's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Colonisation
michaelion's review against another edition
4.75
Historical nonfiction, in my experience, is very repetitive, but here it works. It also works that the books begins (in either the foreword or the preface, idk, 68 pages before we get to the meat of the text is crazy) with whichever writer mentioning that critics of the book have complained that the book doesn't give a good enough blueprint on what revolutionary actions they should take nexts. You fools. You spineless clowns. Fanon literally says over and over here's how the colonizer distracts you and the way forward is not gonna be the same for everyone. The repetition is to show that while every story and its circumstances are different, the root of all their problems come from the same source.
It's depressing that this book published when my grandmother was born (and has since passed) is still relevant to today. I hope it is not relevant by the end of my life time. I hope that people look back at this book as a cautionary tale, a reminder of our history we cannot forget and always, constantly relearn to remember what not to do and how to move forward.
Also kinda fucked up his parents named him Frantz. Sounds like France. Is / Was that a common name?
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Deportation
Minor: Vomit and Abandonment
mariebrunelm's review against another edition
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Colonisation
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Genocide, Sexual violence, and Mass/school shootings
andyourstruly's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Colonisation
Moderate: Torture
zackdihel's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence
katharina90's review against another edition
4.0
At times the writing feels a bit dense. Not sure if it's the translation from French to English, or maybe just the style of a different era that I had a hard time connecting with.
Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation
Minor: Domestic abuse and Eating disorder
funeraldancer's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, and Colonisation
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence
adamdesalle's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Torture and Violence
taylermae's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Mental illness and Torture
Minor: Domestic abuse
The entire last section/essay is a detailed list of case studies on survivors of torture, mass shootings, generalized violence, and more. There is even one about an officer who tortured citizens and also committed violence against his family.riverofpages's review against another edition
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Torture and War