Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Une colère noire : Lettre à mon fils by Ta-Nehisi Coates

16 reviews

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.0

The emotions of the writer, his anger and fear are very clear to the reader, and that makes it an uncomfortable book to read, as all books about racism should be. Very good points are made throughout the book but there are a couple of things that put me off. 
It is always tricky for a privileged white person (cis woman in my case) to read a book about racism and constitutional racism and say they didn't like it. But I didn't like this book and I'll try to explain why. 
First of all, I didn't like the writing style, I thought it was not that coherent, full of the same things again and again. 
Another huge problem for me, was that the author justifies the beatings he endured by his parents because they were out of love. No, no beating is about love, its about power, about control. There is no excuse. None. If you have trauma, you seek help, you don't brutally beat your child. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Police brutality

charleshasalibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

iriwindel's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse

hyperpension's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

This book is beautifully written. A must read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

gem114's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

I'm glad I listened to this because I enjoyed hearing it in Coates' own voice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

Moderate: Child abuse and Death

Minor: Racial slurs and Rape

snslayer's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book puts a lot of the issues of anti-blackness in America and the legacy of slavery and the damage of ongoing white supremacy into a very personal, human perspective that I think is really necessary for white people to read. It's painful to read in a way that we need to be hurt. Really clear in voice and purpose. An excellent book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Grief