Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Alles, was passiert ist by Yrsa Daley-Ward

6 reviews

veve_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide attempt

james1star's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was my first time reading a poetry memoir and it was a really great way of telling her story. Daley-Ward takes us through her life in four sections from child- to adulthood and used many different types/forms of poetry. Her poems are really assessable and easy to understand but still retains a high level of nuance, complexity and lyricalness. It is a collection so there were some I preferred then others but overall I enjoyed them and many passages were underlined and stared to return to. My favourite poem is right near the end titled ‘awayness; an almanac’ and I though it was a perfect ending piece where I initially didn’t know where we were going but ends are somewhat tied and the title of ‘The Terrible’ makes sense - really great and what made this book go from a 4.5/75 to the full 5 ⭐️ rating it deserves. 

The actual content is about Yrsa growing up in Chorley with her brother, their relationship with their mum Marcia (her men) and grandparents. After moving to Manchester and then London, the author talks about differ people in her life, jobs and ‘living while you’re young’ outlook. After a death both her and Roo’s mental health suffers and this is touched on too. There is more but don’t want to spoil parts. 

I would definitely recommend this memoir/poetry collection. Really lyrical, meaningful, unique and a generally great read - despite the topics - and I cannot wait to read her first collection Bone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Bullying, Racism, Cancer, and Death

kaymichelle's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Grief, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Racism, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Antisemitism

rebeccasian274's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

Quite impressed - a great story of a young Black woman growing up in the institutionally racist UK, and the identity crisis and mental illness it can bring. Yrsa uses the free verse naturally without overdoing it

and I loved the cyclical ending of the unicorn in the rosebush

! I will say it was incredibly harrowing and took some pauses to process but should be expected due to the nature of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Addiction

ambergentleman's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, and Racism