Reviews tagging 'Death'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

19 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Alcohol

princesspeachykeen's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

karingforbooks's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.5

I’m sure this resonates for others, but it’s not for me. Not least because the extensive discussion of suicide and self harm was triggering for me, so go into this having read content and trigger warnings. 
Otherwise I can’t tell if it’s just that I’m uncomfortable with someone being so confident or if I genuinely think they’re delusional in a harmless way. But none of it hit with me and I didn’t enjoy the writing style either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Dysphoria

Minor: Body horror, Chronic illness, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

Powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.75

Once again Emezi is the most talented contemporary writer. Their story and experience is one of impressive resilience. They also seen to have an extremely strong sense of self and self worth which I covet. Reading this book could not have happened at a better time, while it was difficult in some places the wisdom Emezi emparted was extremely helpful as well as their belief in working for the future you want

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Infertility, and Transphobia

imrereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I don't know where to begin with such a powerful memoir. Author memoirs are one of my favourite types of books, but I don't think I've ever read a memoir quite like this. It felt groundbreaking. Word view shifting. Oh so intimate. I won't ever forget this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

solenodon's review

challenging emotional slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Minor: Sexual content

hailskp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Breathtaking! A book everyone should read. It’s a beautiful, evocative, tense and wild expression of embodiment, what it means to be alive, and in a liminal space. I was in awe and uncomfortable and confronted with my own body. This is a classic which I know is not the authors intention, instead it is to find the power of spirit, to accept our death, our life and be in our truest essence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Transphobia

hogsandwich's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

Theyre definitely a genius. Theyre also, I suspect, very difficult to be around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm

ominous_teapot's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail