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Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

35 reviews

marena02's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Vomit, Violence, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

msbedelia's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Racism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Dementia

karmapen's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Racism, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

michellektong's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Addiction, Child abuse, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Self harm, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

masonrg16's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction and Sexism

rmperezpadilla's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

jazzreads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Heavy is a powerful memoir of Kiese Laymon's life thus far. It's a hopeful and devastating, heart wrenching and heartwarming account of being a Black child, and then a Black man in America. Laymon writes in a modern stream of consciousness style, but what's really incredible is how he can still weave cohesive themes throughout his story. Heavy was one of the best memoirs I've read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Drug abuse

savvylit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Every now and then, a title truly sums up a book's contents. This is one of the heaviest memoirs I have ever read. Laymon writes with a searing honesty that spares no detail, revealing all of his own flaws and traumatic experiences. Beyond Laymon's unparalleled honesty, this book is also a beautiful tribute to the oft-rocky yet incredibly close relationship that he has with his mother. Despite their difficulties, Laymon's love and gratitude for his mother and her teachings is incredibly apparent throughout Heavy.

Heavy is a beautiful and brutal book that deftly covers so much: life, violence, hunger, poverty, unconditional love, self-destructive behavior, second chances, and - most of all - Black abundance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Racism, Body shaming, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Racial slurs

clover6872's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Grief, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Addiction, Sexual violence, Racism, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual assault, Classism, Death, Abandonment, Dementia, Biphobia, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation