Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

15 reviews

charming_killerqueen's review

hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Minor: Sexism and War

cdorfmeyer's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Drug use

niamh12's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Addiction, Rape, Sexual violence, and War

novella42's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Islamophobia, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, and Xenophobia

ldpaige's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.

For the horrors of the American Negro’s life there has been almost no language.

Beautiful. Stunning. I wish the pacing was the same between the letter and the essay, but you need to sit with both texts to truly hear Baldwin. I loved this read and highlighted so much.

The Black American experience through the eyes of Baldwin is just irreplaceable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Violence

jaiari12's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Police brutality

thoseoldcrows23's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

It's startling to see how very contemporary this book feels even though it came out over 50 years ago. There were many moments that felt like a sucker punch to the gut. Baldwin is a beautiful writer, and he approaches the issue of race with a level head and a mind towards empathy. I was also surprised by how easy this was to read. The language is very elevated, but it at no point felt inaccessible to me. I'm definitely interested in reading some of his fiction now, and I would recommend everyone (but especially every American) read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

There's not a lot of detailed description of horrible things in here, but this book is about race in the time of the civil rights movement, so expect all the usual suspects of that era to be addressed.

leannanecdote's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide and War

erinwolf1997's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Violence and Antisemitism

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Genocide, and War