Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

How to Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

13 reviews

00phantom's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

stellahadz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This is easily one of the best memoirs I've ever read. The prose is beautiful, the story is captivating, and as someone with only very superficial knowledge of Rastafari, it was fascinating to learn more about the lived experiences of someone who grew up in that movement. I absolutely recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, and Abortion

motherofladybirds's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Oh wow. Speechless. Ending was not what I expected. So much intergenerational anguish and fighting for survival. And I loved all the poetry too. Hoping to read more of her works after having finished this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

wynnebirchmaple's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

every single word of this book was so beautifully thought out. such a heart wrenching story that was so poetically told and one of the realest portrayals of the struggle of forgiveness and the aftermath of abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation

emelynreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.5

Incredible writing that is lyrical and illustrious. I could so easily picture myself in the Jamaican setting. Which comes with warning as the author delves into darker topics, because it is very tense to read at times and all the emotion/ reality is laid bare. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Suicidal thoughts

roguepages's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

caitlinxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse

tamaramo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Sexual harassment