Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous by Jessica McDiarmid

2 reviews

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

This book provides an important overview of the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. True crime done with compassion and in collaboration with families and communities, there is justice done in the portrayal of lost loved ones and the joys they had in life. This will make you furious at the inaction, continuous stalling to address these problems and the racially, gendered motivation to disregard Indigenous women’s lives. If you want to learn more about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, check out this book.

I do have to say, two of the most popular books written on this topic are by white women journalists, and it’s worth keeping that in mind while reading these books about why Indigenous Peoples telling our own stories haven’t received the same reach…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Alcohol

whatannikareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

such an important book that humanizes these victims rather than letting them fall victim to forgotten history. i was tearing up at some points because my heart hurt at how these indigenous GIRLS--yes mostly teenage girls--were treated before and after their murders/disappearances. how shameful that this continues to be something that these families are fighting to get recognized, and that indigenous women are still going missing at higher rates than average. mcdiarmid reports both sides of the story, from the families as well as law enforcement. as a journalist, she sticks to her duty and highlights all aspects of the story (that can be tracked down). i only vaguely knew about this genocide beforehand, and so i'm glad i picked this up and am able to put names to faces--not just know their tragedies, but also their personalities and how much they meant to the people around them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail