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redcapediver's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, and Classism
Minor: Colonisation
kshertz's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
I mean honestly how do you give Angela Davis’s life anything less than five stars? I did have to constantly remind myself that this was written in the 1970s though. It’s very interesting how much of her life I had never heard about and how much of her history is not out in the world even though it really should be common knowledge in terms of it being very historical and very important. It must’ve been very difficult for her and her team to pick and choose what to include in this book and it already is a really long book. There were parts of the book I really wanted to know more about and they were parts of the book I felt like I didn’t really need but I think everyone probably feels that way about memoirs and autobiographies. Angela herself is just more factual and I am personally a lot more emotional so sometimes I wanted her emotional take on some of the stuff that was happening to her and she was just more wanting to explain how it was affecting the movement and other things and intersectionality and really defending the movement which I completely understand. I truly find it to be a snapshot of a really important part of history and something that everyone should really take the time to read so they can really understand the 1960s and 70s.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism