Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

33 reviews

bubblybelle's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

this book spoke to my soul in a way very few things have. truly phenomenal. could not recommend enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, and War

turidt's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Genocide, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Deportation

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

residential schools, trail of death, carlisle, pollution.

novella42's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

catinaflatcap's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Forced institutionalization

decie's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

An informative and thought-provoking read. It got a little long for my taste, but overall very enjoyable and stimulating. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, and Colonisation

Minor: Death, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, and War

eden_autumn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism and Violence

the_reading_wren's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Genuinely a life-changing book. Inspires me and shows me new way for me to return to studying and practicing ecology. 

I highly recommend the audiobook because it is read wonderfully by the author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism