Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

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

6 reviews

entanglednovels's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

mayamcdo's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Police brutality

Minor: Mental illness

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

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

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