Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up by Eternity Martis

8 reviews

samchelsey's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

A must read for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Minor: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

abitbetterbooks's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

I really loved this memoir! It was well-paced and very engaging, thoughtful and incisive while also being quite funny at times.

This book is quite literally close to home; Western is about an hour from where I live, and my sibling even attended the school at the same time as the author. A lot of the cultural reference points were familiar and very relatable, and it was interesting to see how Martis’ experiences of university life was similar and also incredibly different from mine.

I will absolutely read any further work from Martis & would highly recommend picking up this memoir! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape

onebook_more's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual violence

sammietaylor's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

winterdream1999's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This book was a lot to take in and really helps put a lot of current day issues into perspective. There were so many things discussed such as microagressions and the trauma of sexual assault survivors, especially for women of colour. There were definitely moments were I was very disgusted, but it was necessary to really get a glimpse of what was happening. Overall, it was a tragically beautiful book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting

jennalynn48's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

sweetbean's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

katietotallybooked's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

 
Eternity was a student at Western University in my hometown city of London, Ontario from 2010 to 2014. A university that I myself attended for my MLIS program from 2014-2017. This is the story of her experiences attending the university as a Black woman. It's a story of campus life, race, and coming of age from teenager to adult, just as the title says.

Eternity's story had me hooked from the very beginning. Her prose is very engaging. She also narrates the audiobook herself, which is the icing on the cake for this memoir. It makes her story that much more impactful for the reader. The first few chapters left me floored. I felt ashamed to live in London. I felt empathy for Eternity. I felt anger for the encounters she had with her students. I should note that Eternity expresses that her experiences could be about any Canadian college or university in any city. But hearing her talk about my City in the manner that she did - that hit home and that will stick with me for a long time. My eyes have been opened.

Eternity does go into detail about her experiences. She discusses race, rape culture, and shares her personal stories of romantic relationships gone wrong. Trigger Warnings for sexual and verbal assault.

I highly recommend this book for any reader who has attended a college or university in Canada, especially if that university was Western. But really, any reader any where should give this book a listen or a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Police brutality