Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

36 reviews

noura's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide

atreegrowsinbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Danez Smith is a force and I’ll read anything they write. While I didn’t love this collection as much as Homie, I still thought this was an amazing collection. 

Recommend 100%! The anger and eloquence for black safety, queerness, and life is remarkable. Smith is a poet I’ll keep reading because their words are incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide

blueberry0531's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Police brutality

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.25

I took a long time to read this one because I felt like I needed to sit with each poem for a while. I think I might enjoy more with a more in-depth reread. But the language is beautiful: soft in places you don’t expect, just jarring enough to keep you on your toes, slowly heartbreaking—so slow that it’s hard to identify when exactly the breaking occured. Or maybe it had just always been there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Drug use, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

moreadsnrambles's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful is the first word that comes to mind. These poems cover the range of emotions with a heavy focus on grief, Black and queer experience, and HIV. Very challenging and emotional but extremely important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Police brutality, and Medical content

yinflower's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Blood, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Suicide

hexedmaiden's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

5.0

You ever read a book and think "I wish I read this sooner," that was me with this poetry collection. This was so beautiful and heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Suicide

mcmontgomery's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Police brutality

ashleyexe's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, and Police brutality