Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson

6 reviews

jarrahivy's review

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was incredibly well-researched but contained some of the most harrowing descriptions I've ever read. I frequently read true crime novels and still struggled to get through parts of this book. I will have nightmares about the things I read, but I think this is SUCH a necessary read. The first 50% of the book flew by with an account of the before, during, and aftermath. The second half regarding the subsequent investigations and lawsuits was definitely tougher to get through. Don't be deterred by the number of pages, there's over 100 pages of acknowledgements.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

itskuhl's review

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Murder

elenatamsen's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Blood

keatynbergsten's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, and Murder

thespinystacks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Cursing

jmonsalve2's review

I got about 46-48%. I was interested in the actual uprising and how the police responded but when it came to building the law case to help the prisoners I found it slow. I started the book Sept 1st, 2020 and gave up on 1/12. I figured if a book takes me this long I'm just not going to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings