Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

16 reviews

aargot1's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery and Pregnancy

pang's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Racism

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cancer and Child abuse

ekmook's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

antonique_reads's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia

alayamorning's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Grief, and Death of parent

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

Even if this book had done nothing else, it has taught me the names of Alberta King, Louise Little, and Birdis Baldwin. I can honestly say that even though I knew that Alberta was killed and that Louise had been forcible institutionalized, I hadn't really registered these events on their own terms. Tubbs brings them front and center, as they were in their own families and lives, and gives their accomplishments and feelings time to breathe and be praised the way that their sons' were. It's a lovely and heartbreaking and inspiring read. 

The biography of three women in a relatively short book seems like it would be too much, but I think Tubbs does an excellent job with making do with what little historical sources that she had. It's as comprehensive as it could have been, and she ties the lives of these three incredibly different women rather well by dividing the book into broad themes of motherhood.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery