the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Slavery and Religious bigotry
mattyvreads's review
5.0
This is the first Baldwin essay I ever read, and I was breath-taken. He remains one of my favorite authors of all time.
The fact that this essay is written as a letter to his nephew adds yet another layer of humanity and emotionality.
It is horrifying to realize the depth of this essay’s relevance 60 years after it’s publication. It is inconceivable.
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Religious bigotry and Police brutality
Minor: Homophobia
james1star's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Slavery, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Religious bigotry
milesjmoran's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Racism
thoseoldcrows23's review
4.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Violence
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
3.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Slavery, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Racism, Colonisation, and Violence
Moderate: Genocide and War
theuncannydani's review
3.0
Graphic: Racism, Islamophobia, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Police brutality, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Slavery, Drug abuse, Hate crime, and Trafficking
catherinedsharp's review against another edition
3.75
This was a very easy text to get through, I read it within one sitting.
Baldwin’s writing is very easy to get along with, being informative, autobiographical and reflective.
This text gave me a lot to think on and I will likely read it again and explore Baldwin’s writings further.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Hate crime, and Slavery
lucinotlucy's review
4.25
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Violence, and War