Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

13 reviews

julybunny's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Biphobia, Child death, Confinement, Death, Classism, Drug use, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow! I had seen the movie that was based on this book, so I was pretty sure I would like the book, but I was amazed by how well thought out this book was! Bryan Stevenson presented all the details of each case in a way that was interesting and never boring. He explained things very well and cited his sources. Even though he has every right to be bitter, he isn’t. He gave so many people hope when there was none. I loved this book so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Dementia

brinnet's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child death, Confinement, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Confinement, and Addiction

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Dementia, War, Terminal illness, and Infertility

carabones's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, and Police brutality

kenziewol's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, and Death

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

5.0

This book makes me look at how far the USA has come and think it's not nearly enough.

CWs: wrongful imprisonment, discussions of capital punishment/death penalty, death by electric chair and lethal injection described on page, ableism, addiction, alcohol consumption/alcoholism, child abuse, child death, cursing, confinement (to cell and solitary), death, dementia, domestic abuse, drug use/abuse, emotional abuse, grief, gun violence, medical content, medical trauma, mental illness, miscarriage, murder, physical abuse, police brutality, racial slurs, racism, rape (of children/teenagers in adult prisons), pregnancy, self harm, schizophrenia/psychosis, sexual assault, sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, torture, violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

hannah_petty5's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Suicide attempt

belladeriso's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Infidelity, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Violence

alayamorning's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Excrement, Child death, Death, Murder, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Slavery and Pregnancy

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

There’s a reason why everyone and their mother has been reading this book.  It’s an incredibly compelling true story of a young Black lawyer who uncovers a mountain of injustice to help vulnerable inmates who otherwise might have died in prison—naturally or at the hand of the law.  The book starts at the onset of Stevenson’s legal career in Atlanta and follows him to Alabama, where he founds the Equal Justice Initiative.  Across a nonlinear timeline, readers are introduced to many notable clients, including people who were convicted as children, who have intellectual disabilities, or who were innocent all along.  But the main focus of the book is on the case of Walter McMillian, a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to death row.  

Stevenson tells the story of this case masterfully, his conversational tone keeping me reading for hours at a time.  He brings so much humanity to the invisible, bringing them to life through curated dialogue.  Readers will learn so much about the systemic corruption of America’s legal system, tainted by the racism from which it was created.  While it does contain some shocking statistics, legal jargon, and case references, this is no dry textbook—it’s a sobering, touching, and beautifully written story of justice, long overdue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt