Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

17 reviews

crybabybea's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.0

A very compassionate, thorough account of the tragedy of MMIW on Canada's Highway of Tears. 

I really appreciated how the author spent time with many of the standout cases of the Highway of Tears, and took an empathetic point of view on not only their case but their life and the way they affected their relatives and friends. I have a lot of issues with the genre of true crime, and I felt like this book was done with love & care with respect to the victims and their loved ones. If you are a fan of true crime, you will like the way this is written.

Jessica McDiarmid also made sure to talk about the many systemic issues, pointing out all the broken cogs in a broken wheel. 

There were some times I wish the argumentation was a bit more solid and in-depth, and there could have been more acknowledgment of 2SLGBTQIA+ people, but to be honest, the breadth of this issue is huge, with so many systemic issues that play a role that could each have their own book. I have to appreciate that the author tackled this issue and the respectful way she approached it. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Trafficking

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

maddimclark's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Highway of tears is an expose of an ongoing national crisis of the injustice of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Compile of reports, newspaper articles, official reports, memories, statistics, intricate details of the lives and fates of the women and families proves of the overpoliced and under protected in our marginalised communities. The RCMP and the Canadian government have committed a grave violation of the rights of Indigenous women and girls; continuously to not take these losses seriously, and fail to support the safety and well-being of Indigenous Women and girls and bring justice for their families and communities . 

McDiarmid breathes life into the victims while hard-hitting the realities of systemic racism , acts of violence, complicity, and Indigenous women suffering. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

alexandrias_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Homophobia and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Rape

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…

---

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

tiredenglishteacher's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Clear, detailed and thoughtful examination of the lives and deaths of women who disappeared off the highway of tears or from Vancouver’s downtown East side. Explores the ongoing grassroots efforts in Northern BC communities to find missing women and get justice for them. Takes time to explore women’s lives, the things they loved and who they were before talking about what happened to them. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

rdorrington's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation

windraven18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

stephhborges's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism