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danileah07's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Graphic: Racism and Police brutality
Moderate: Hate crime and Murder
thebookkeepers's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This book chronicles the civil rights movement with poems and imagery in a chronological manner. The writing was engaging and formatting elicited so many emotions. My heart aches for this part of our history. This documentation is challenging and moving. A collection I’ll revisit, and losses I mourn. All the stars.
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Murder
antonique_reads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Murder
moonylovesstars's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Powerful but I think I’d like the paperback better than the audiobook.
Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
typedtruths's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Police brutality and Murder
foreverinastory's review against another edition
emotional
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Thank you to Penguin Teen and Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
This collection of non-fiction poems is a great start into digging into what happened during the 1960s and the Civil Rights Movement. Filled with figures you'll recognize and some you might have never learned about. And We Rise is a short but powerful history that makes us reconcile the US's history we've been taught and what actually happened.
The collection of poems are beautiful rendered. I loved how they each flowed into each other, but we also can see how distinct events had impact. At the end, there's a historical timeline and that was extra helpful since there were some times I forgot the dates. Which is more about my brain trying to process everything and less about the writing here.
I loved the emotions these poems brought forth. Even though we are somewhat removed from the events since there's no primary character narrating to us, you still feel the despair, the hopelessness, the determination and perseverance of Black Americans in this.
This collection would be a great addition in classrooms or for people educating themselves. I read this along with The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, which is only enhancing the collective messages of these books. Highly recommend them all.
CWs: Racism, racial slurs, mentions of slavery/slaves, murder, lynching, police brutality, death, violence.
This collection of non-fiction poems is a great start into digging into what happened during the 1960s and the Civil Rights Movement. Filled with figures you'll recognize and some you might have never learned about. And We Rise is a short but powerful history that makes us reconcile the US's history we've been taught and what actually happened.
The collection of poems are beautiful rendered. I loved how they each flowed into each other, but we also can see how distinct events had impact. At the end, there's a historical timeline and that was extra helpful since there were some times I forgot the dates. Which is more about my brain trying to process everything and less about the writing here.
I loved the emotions these poems brought forth. Even though we are somewhat removed from the events since there's no primary character narrating to us, you still feel the despair, the hopelessness, the determination and perseverance of Black Americans in this.
This collection would be a great addition in classrooms or for people educating themselves. I read this along with The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, which is only enhancing the collective messages of these books. Highly recommend them all.
CWs: Racism, racial slurs, mentions of slavery/slaves, murder, lynching, police brutality, death, violence.
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder
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