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imchelsi's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
agnesjlopez's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Moderate: Mental illness and Medical content
juliagongaware's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
remimicha's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism
honeyvoiced's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexual content
Minor: Fatphobia and Death of parent
orireading's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Abortion
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
mitzybitzyspider's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny and Suicide
Minor: Suicide attempt
paigeisinabook's review against another edition
5.0
Following Brian Broome (with a special chapter from his mother’s POV), we see how he was raised to enact toxic masculinity and compulsory heteronormativity. Every other chapter is dedicated to the initiation of a young boy, Tuan, to the world of being a stereotypical man. The cycle continues.
This book is very good. Many lines stood out as strong and impactful and I wish that I had read it to highlight these beautiful words. Broome is a poet and it shows.
Nothing in this book lagged. Nothing was out of place.
5 out of 5 Would recommend
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing
Minor: Death of parent
sara_m_martins's review against another edition
4.5
"we learn that white boys are people and Asian boys are exotic and Hispanic boys are luxurious and Black boys are for sex."
Punch Me Up to the Gods is a raw, powerful memoir that explores the ideals of Black masculinity, and that intersection with the queer identity, and what it is to be a queer Black man in the USA. It is brutal, powerful and superbly honest.
The memoir comes as a collection of essays about moments throughout Brian Broome's life, glavanized (and organized for us) through a shared bus trip between narrator and a small Black boy named Tuan. I found this really interesting, and this starting point made me reflect and approach the essays in such a different way.
This book talks of racism, homophobia, physical/emotional/sexual abuse, toxic masculinity, misogyny, family, addiction/alcoholism. With humour and a great writing style (felt almost poetic at points), one feels saddened but still wants to keep reading.
I really appreciate the realness and unsanitized depictions. This is seen in other themes too, but Brian talks about being queer while not being a "good queer" - ashamed, denial, hidding, wishing it away; cowardice sometimes feels forbidden to queer stories.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent