Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

7 reviews

vanesst's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Racism, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism and Sexual assault

rdorrington's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

windraven18's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Colonisation, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Genocide, Sexual violence, Racism, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Drug use

stephhborges's review

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Classism, Drug abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Grief, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, and Addiction

whatannikareads's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

such an important book that humanizes these victims rather than letting them fall victim to forgotten history. i was tearing up at some points because my heart hurt at how these indigenous GIRLS--yes mostly teenage girls--were treated before and after their murders/disappearances. how shameful that this continues to be something that these families are fighting to get recognized, and that indigenous women are still going missing at higher rates than average. mcdiarmid reports both sides of the story, from the families as well as law enforcement. as a journalist, she sticks to her duty and highlights all aspects of the story (that can be tracked down). i only vaguely knew about this genocide beforehand, and so i'm glad i picked this up and am able to put names to faces--not just know their tragedies, but also their personalities and how much they meant to the people around them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Rape, Death, Drug use, Grief, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

ninjamuse's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Classism, Sexual violence, Sexism, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, Murder, Child abuse, Trafficking, and Addiction

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.0

I think that this is absolutely an important topic that needs to be spoken about more in Canada and British Columbia (especially since the government is still only kind of implementing the proposed changes piecemeal) but I was expecting more from this book. I found the organization of it a bit confusing since it jumps back and forth in time a lot, and I was expecting a stronger stance taken in the book itself based on the title. The actual book is more of a list of facts than an essay making a statement, and some questionable statements about the RCMP (that one officer saying he doesn't see colour was particularly egregious) are just stated with no clarification or authorial opinion attached.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Grief, Addiction, Child abuse, Colonisation, Murder, Racism, Rape, and Trafficking

Minor: Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Suicide