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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: Colonisation, Grief, Classism, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Death, Racial slurs, Violence, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
butlerebecca's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, and Slavery
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: Colonisation, Classism, and Racism
Minor: Slavery and Death of parent
peachani's review against another edition
3.75
Rest as resistance is revolutionary. It is counterculture. You will meet with resistance should you choose to embrace this philosophy (and you – we – should). The author successfully lays down the foundation and it's up to us to implement it.
Sticking points for me were religion and social media. I was exposed to Christianity through an extremely white, colonialist lens. Reading this made me wonder aloud what my relationship with God would be like had I experienced Christianity through the lens of Black liberation. As for social media, the author believes it is mostly negative. I don't necessarily disagree, but I strongly believe that it can also be a force for good, for truth-telling, for community. After all, I heard about The Nap Ministry on X, formerly known as Twitter. However, it is possible those opportunities dwindle as social media platforms become ever more entwined with capitalism. The "need" for dollars strongly interferes with our behavior, turning these opportunities for connection into a desperate chase for virality, which can translate into dollars (e.g., the worst people saying inflammatory things to get money from Twitter Blue).
Overall, I found this a difficult read, despite already being in the process of embracing rest as a method of decolonization and self care. This will challenge you and your beliefs, but it's for the best.
Moderate: Pregnancy, Slavery, Death of parent, and Racism
Minor: Medical content and Racial slurs
woolgatherer's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Colonisation and Violence
sampossumz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Misogyny, and Ableism
Moderate: Death and Colonisation
Minor: Death of parent
aellwy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Slavery and Death of parent
laurareads87's review against another edition
5.0
<i>Content warnings:</i> slavery, racism, sexism, death of a parent, grief
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Sexism, Death of parent, and Grief
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: Death of parent, Body shaming, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Bullying, Grief, Slavery, Classism, Racism, and Torture
zombiezami's review against another edition
3.75
This book was at its best when the author was sharing her personal experiences and examples of events she’s hosted. She definitely touched on community care in name, but I wish she had drawn a deeper connection to how community care facilitates rest. I also thought the connections to slavery and maroon communities were excellent.
A lot of this book felt repetitive. When the repetition was used well, I could tell it was to help a particular message sink in. Other times it was like, “how much do I have to be reminded that we work at a machine-like pace?? I get it!!”
Listening to the audiobook, I loved listening to the author’s voice.
Graphic: Slavery, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Racism, Medical content, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Chronic illness, Colonisation, and Violence