Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey

9 reviews

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

In Memorial Drive, Tretheway lays bare the loss of her mother, not just on the day she was murdered, but in the years and struggles that plagued them before that fateful June day. She is extacting and relentless in her telling, leaving no detail unturned or undigested, reminding readers that however difficult it is for them to read, it was harder for her to write. Listening to the audiobook version of this text, I was especially struck by the strong and even way Tretheway relayed her mother's last phonecalls with her stepfather, a feat I don't think many of us could do, even in the sacred act of bearing witness to our mother's end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

narbine's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It’s so hard reading memoirs where someone is going through something so challenging and so painful because all I want to do is step in and do something. Or I say, “Don’t do that! Do this!” As if “this” is easy. As if “this” is obvious. As if “this” is even something I would or could do myself. It’s a painful reminder that we don’t always or often see the big picture when we’re in the middle of it. That we could go through this exact same painful experience and get the exact same painful result. That maybe we’re not as smart, as brave, as strong as we’d like to think. What makes a memoir memorable are the ones ones that plumb the depths of human emotion and endurance, that wring you out, that make you have to get up and walk around before going back to the material. I think people write memoirs to remind the authors themselves and the readers of their shared humanity. The author is exposing their soul, and they’re asking their readers to help them take care of it. This is just such a memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

randisworld's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

shira243's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Racism

moniipeters's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

clarabooksit's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

fanchera's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail