Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement by Albert Woodfox

4 reviews

vrkinase0411's review against another edition

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.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Rape, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Confinement

bookiecharm's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

prachidayal's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

• Long read (15+ hours)
• Gets a little dry so it is a difficult read, though there isn’t filler/unnecessary information.
• Terrific life lessons, I am in awe. My favorite parts were when he taught Goldie to read
  Spoiler

  and the ending when he was finally free.
  The legal scenes actually instill anger because the racism and injustice were so overt. It was impressive that he represented himself in a legal suit for his health solely from what he learned from the Black Panthers and reading. Truly forms a solid case for why prisons should rehabilitate rather than punish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

aargot1's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Police brutality, Medical content, and Racism

Moderate: Drug use and Rape

Minor: Abandonment