Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay by Julian Aguon

4 reviews

sicilyjoy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: War, Suicide, and Colonisation

clstrifes's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

As a native Hawaiian I appreciate the mentions of the struggles that happen here and my heart goes out to the people of Guam and all native peoples in their own counties suffering from colonization. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Trafficking, Torture, Colonisation, Cancer, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexism, Cannibalism, and Misogyny

megansoetaert's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

really appreciated this work and being able to learn more about guam from chamorro voices. Aguon weaves the personal with the political, economic, and colonial effortlessly- because those things can never really be separate. learning about the american imperial project in Guam specifically is sickening, but something everyone (especially those of us living in the US) should learn about. 

only giving less than 4.75/5 stars for some of the more repetitive stories (we get it, the alchemist) & some feelings of distaste lol. also didn’t love the audiobook narrator… oops

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, and Death

counterfeitnickel's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

An amazing, genre-defying, illuminating collection.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Colonisation, and Racism