Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

14 reviews

janeanger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, and Suicidal thoughts

lauraglovestoread's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

Dear Senthuran is beautifully written, extraordinarily intimate, and covers a lot of ground: spiritedness + spiritual life, gender, mental health, childhood, career, fame, interpersonal relationships, navigating life amidst humanity.  Extraordinary & like nothing I've ever read before (though those who've read Freshwater will certainly find some familiar content here); also a very difficult read - I'm sure I've forgotten some relevant content warnings.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Racism, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

starrysteph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

4.5

Beautiful. Deeply poetic, deeply vulnerable, and deeply illuminating. 

Having already read most of Emezi's work, this memoir gave me a lot of clarity around the concepts explored in their books (specifically Freshwater). 

CW: suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts, transphobia, rape, sexual assault, mental illness, medical content, dysphoria, grief, infidelity, toxic relationship, chronic illness, self harm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Transphobia, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Dysphoria

Minor: Car accident and Cannibalism

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Beautiful. Inspiring. Infuriating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism, Infidelity, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault

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, Suicide, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Gore

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

Moderate: Self harm

eschorrlesnick's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cannibalism and Medical content

Minor: Transphobia

maryberthelsen's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

merin_aran's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

undertheteacup's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Ableism, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Racism, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault