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How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

8 reviews

anniesbookpicks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Misogyny and Religious bigotry

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Beautiful memoir that taught me a lot while drawing a picture of the authors life: Safiya Sinclair manages to interweave personal memories seamlessly with Jamaican and Rastafarian history, making her story a whole. Her childhood memories are detailed and lively, drawn poetically with childlike wonder, shamelessness and parental worship, after which you feel complexity grow and doubts creeping in as she gets older. Sinclair is so proficient with language and I loved taking this in through audio as well, because her voice is gorgeous and she had great melody to her storytelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Colonisation, Pregnancy, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Drug use, Racial slurs, Body shaming, and Cancer

samuriah's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, and Confinement

shay43geek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Confinement, Body shaming, and Infidelity

Minor: Abandonment

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs and Death

emzireads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

katiewhocanread's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racial slurs

megansoetaert's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.75

How to Say Babylon is a beautiful poet’s memoir about girlhood/womanhood, parental relationships, and finding yourself growing up in Jamaica and in a strict Rastafari family. 

You can tell how much reflection Sinclair has done on her life—and how much she has worked through to be able to write this memoir. Her writing is lyrical and beautiful even when discussing topics like abuse and fear. I also really appreciated how she wove in the history and (varied) customs of Rastafari and Jamaica as a whole. 

So glad the world gets to bask in her work—going straight to the library to check out her poetry collection!!

Thank you to Safiya Sinclair, Simon & Schuster, and NetGalley for the eARC. make sure to read this memoir when it comes out on August 29, 2023!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racism