Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

16 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

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

savyelizabeth's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Racism

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

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

lowbrowhighart's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Islamophobia, Alcoholism, Grief, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Alcohol, Medical content, Sexism, Self harm, Police brutality, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia, Death, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Car accident, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Cursing, Dementia, and Medical trauma

charley0796's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

My first five star review since 2021!  This was a heavy and dark memoir, written by Kiese for his mother. 
I kept waiting to hear how he had moved forward and recovered from anorexia and binge eating and gambling, only for the dark ending to leave his future open. 
I wish him all the best in the future. I’m glad to read this, it taught me so much about racism, poverty and weight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Addiction

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

the_flying_delph's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, and Violence

funkylitchick's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Racism

racheletayse's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment and Addiction