Reviews tagging 'Death'

Красные части by Maggie Nelson, Maggie Nelson

16 reviews

carlytenille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

scmiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

anomiques's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

karli_reads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

3.5

This book is not only about the brutal account of the murder of Maggie Nelson’s Aunt. But it is also about life post tragedy, fractures of such events on a family, and a memoir like description of Maggie Nelson’s life. This book is advertised as an autobiography of a murder trial, but it delves much deeper into events Nelson experienced through her life and the subsequent aftermath that culminates in the experience and verdict of this trial. 

Content Warning for everything: Sexual/Physical Violence, Rape, Drug Abuse, Suicide, Loss, Grief. An extremely heavy read. Do not recommend if you’re not in healthy mental space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

polestick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Death of parent

dorottyagoston's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

arsenic_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

nixiethepixie's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

I enjoyed the form and style of this - melding journal, essay and fact, across the trial of Nelson's aunt who was brutally murdered. Nelson captures this period of time with sharp and observed reflections, whilst reflecting her memories past and present, particularly with the death of her father, relationship with her mother and grieving a lost love. Loss and grief creates a web of mystery and what could have been. I particularly enjoyed the reflections on the act of writing and storytelling itself, and who and what the act is ultimately for. To immortalise, or let go of experiences? Is either possible? Why is she writing this book - for the live or for the deceased? And what does justice look like 30 years after the fact? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Grief, and Murder

lauradvb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail