Reviews tagging 'Grief'

No Human Contact: Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System by Pete Earley

1 review

bxtskr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

Thank you to the author and publisher for the opportunity to read this book before it’s publication in exchange for my honest thoughts and review. 

This was a deeply heartbreaking, enrapturing read. This could have easily been a read in one sitting book if my schedule had allowed for it. I’ve read many nonfiction books about solitary confinement, the death penalty, and incarceration and this has to be one of the most rich texts breaking down all the ways that society failed two of the most influential individuals who find themselves at the center of this story. There is no forced forgiveness of the two at the center of this book but we find ourselves reminded over and over and over again that they are human. They are deeply flawed; have been completely failed by the education system, their families, and the justice system; and many might declare that they are simply evil incarnate. In future courses I hope to teach regarding incarceration, I will definitely center readings from this book. This is one I definitely intend to purchase a physical copy of because I intend to return to it time and time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis