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lettuce_read's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
dominic_t's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Wow, what an incredible book. The essays are impactful and the prose is beautiful. The author is Jamaican, and he discusses how race and queerness are perceived in Jamaica. It was really interesting to hear him talk about how homophobia impacts him in Jamaica, but he was also deeply impacted by the assumptions that people made about him as a Jamaican man. They didn't see him as gay, and assumed he would be homophobic.
He talks a lot about how different bodies are perceived by society and have different meanings and traumas assigned to them. It really resonated with me.
It's just a beautiful collection of essays, and there is no way I can do it justice in a review. Just go read it.
He talks a lot about how different bodies are perceived by society and have different meanings and traumas assigned to them. It really resonated with me.
It's just a beautiful collection of essays, and there is no way I can do it justice in a review. Just go read it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Racism
Minor: Racial slurs and Rape
jayisreading's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This was a stunning essay collection to read and reflect on. I absolutely loved the way Miller drew attention to the multifaceted body (yet read as one-dimensional) and how his is read in different spaces in such a way that it made conscious of your own body. Whether it be in Jamaica (and there are many Jamaicas, as he points out, depending on what area you’re in), the United Kingdom, or Africa, Miller reflects on the way his Blackness, his queerness, his maleness, his upbringing, and so much more have a particular affect in his interactions with others. I also loved the way he approached each essay from different angles, all of which reveal what is written on the body. They were open letters, storytelling, personal anecdotes, and more.
Just beautifully and thoughtfully written.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Police brutality, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse and Death
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
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