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annelihghh's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism
hale7's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Colonisation
Moderate: Ableism, Police brutality, and Classism
mads_jpg's review against another edition
2.5
I found it incredibly repetitive (if I have to see the word "bamboozled" or "portal" one more time) and it frequently referenced other books to the point where I felt like I was reading them instead (Octavia Butler especially). The writing read more like a mantra or wishy-washy meditation, and that might work for some people but I just didn't connect with it. Even though the book has distinct chapters I felt like I was just rereading the last one each time. I think this would've worked better if it was either edited heavily or written as more of a memoir. That being said, I still think people should read it or at least look into the Nap Ministry.
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Death, Racial slurs, Violence, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
softgalaxy's review against another edition
5.0
This book has confirmed what I’ve felt all my life - that life and people are going too fast. What has changed for me is that I shouldn’t feel ashamed at resting. As a disabled person, rest is how I manage my illnesses, but even medical professionals have told me that I need to “keep going and push forward”.
The answer to my queries is in fact: capitalism is the problem. Always has been.
To refuse capitalism and to rest is what our bodies need to do. We need to dream.
Moderate: Racism, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Slavery and Death of parent
leweylibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Definitely do not go into this book expecting quick, easy tips and tricks, but do go into it ready to have your entire way of thinking and going about life altered for the better. Making the change in a world that's so against rest will be immensely difficult, but the author is living proof that it's worth it. Now, brb while I go buy a nap mat of some sort for my office ✌️
Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Police brutality
stevia333k's review against another edition
5.0
I got this book via an audiobook from my library & I'm considering buying it because the narrator talks so slow that I can use this the way some people play instrumental music, that is a way to calm down (like I have to reduce stimuli, so music can in fact be stimulating. Listening to the book as I relax helps me get over the guilt of needing to take care of my body. It helps me spit back out the poison of the school to orison pipeline system that fucked up my body & burned it out so quickly.)
Please note this book is awkward to label with content warnings about because yeah it talks about systems of oppression because it seeks to combat/resist those. It talks about grind culture as deriving from slavery. And you can't just rest, the rest needs to be combined with anti-racism, anti-capitalism, anti-sexism. But the book is also healing. I feel this is the case with other books I read, but from my perspective as an autistic person like this book is talking about like how to cope with being triggered, so that's a second layer other books usually don't have.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
eslsilver's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, and Classism
kshertz's review against another edition
3.75
Minor: Ableism, Racism, Slavery, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism