Reviews tagging 'Death'

Красные части by Maggie Nelson, Maggie Nelson

16 reviews

annecharlotte_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

In the vast expanse of true crime writing, this book brings dignity, depth and beauty -- there's no voyeuristic aesthetisation of the death of women but the writing itself is beautiful and soft and hard in all the right places. Maggie Nelson is both a poet and one of the most interesting thinkers of our time. She deals with autobiographic material in a subtle and powerful way, never relying too much on metaphor or obvious connections. I found particularly interesting to read this after The Argonauts and measure just how much, between these books, some of Nelson's central themes (women's bodies and autonomy, violence, mortality, what it means to be a family) and original thinking have developed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

jsfbec's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

megancrayne's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

milliebrierley's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

demo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

nmp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence and Grief

Minor: Blood, Medical content, and Stalking