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They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up by Eternity Martis
3 reviews
samchelsey's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
A must read for everyone.
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!
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!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Rape
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting
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