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thebowandthebook's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Moderate: Cancer, Genocide, Alcohol, and Classism
keeganrb's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Racism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Genocide
pineapplesunshine's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
vaniavela's review against another edition
4.0
Aftershocks is told in a non-linear narrative, moving forward and backward in time and place, showing us how her life fell apart. You can read each chapter as an individual product, and link them together at the end, without a problem.
The author uses earthquakes as a metaphor for her life, dealing with mental health issues growing up. With her mother's abandonment and her father's death, her world collapsed.
The writing is also powerful in its own way, portraying racism, colorism, grief and mental illness in a particular way.
This is a memoir that will move you!
CW:
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Grief
Moderate: Racism, Cancer, Homophobia
Minor: Eating disorder, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship
Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Racism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Genocide
lucydov's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide
jayisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Owusu brings such unique perspective to the table as a biracial woman (Ghanaian Armenian) who had a less grounded childhood as a result of her father’s job with the United Nations. In addition, she brings to attention what it’s like dealing with madness, grief, and trauma; deeply contemplating on their connections with each other and to her life. She traces these through her fraught relationships with her mother and stepmother, the death of her father, the various countries she lived in and, of course, her identity.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Police brutality
Minor: Eating disorder and Genocide
meganelise's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Police brutality