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Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome

12 reviews

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

remimicha's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

pucksandpaperbacks's review against another edition

CW: Domestic and emotional abuse, f-slur, racism, racial slurs, death of a parent, grease + house fire, child abuse, drug use (cocaine), alcohol, alcoholism, misyogny, toxic masculinity, religious bigotry, homophobia, bullying, sexual harassment, internalized racism, internalized homophobia, fatphobic comments

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Fatphobia, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

caitlancole's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The heaviest, rawest memoir I’ve ever read — and I think the most important. The audiobook was exquisitely done and moved me to tears. I am in awe of Brian Broome. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Homophobia, and Drug use

planning2read's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs

oyveyori's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This was so emotional and incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

hellojay's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mpruter's review

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

mitzybitzyspider's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide attempt

dramaqueentears's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

When I saw the glowing review that Kiese Laymon wrote for this memoir, I immediately added it to my TBR and it did not disappoint. Brian Broome’s memoir is incredible. 

I think it was an incredible picture of how homophobia and anti-Blackness intersect. He writes of his upbringing in northeastern Ohio and how he eventually ended up in the big city of Pittsburgh hoping that his trauma wouldn’t follow him, but unfortunately it did. He had a lot to say about the toxic masculinity that his father enforced, the racism he experienced in the gay dating scene, and the experience of searching for love because he felt like it was missing from his life. 

This memoir is written in essays that jump around various points of his life. I also liked the essays that he wrote comparing parts of his time growing up to experiences he had as an adult. 

I have mixed feelings about the parts of the book following Broome’s observations of a young Black boy on the bus in Pittsburgh with his father. On one hand, I understand the point of what he was trying to do, but sometimes it felt like projection. I very well acknowledge I could be wrong though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fatphobia