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torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
meghan1111's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Child death
sellnow_hannah's review against another edition
5.0
A truly beautiful, moving, and poignant memoir. This is written as a letter to the author’s son about life in a black body in the world of the Dreamers. I read this at the same time as I was listening to The New Jim Crow and this was a great combination. Between the World and Me puts a personal face on some of the themes explored in the more academic New Jim Crow.
Coates’ writing is incredible - almost poetic at many points. I was in awe of his skill and the beauty of his words (and now I want to read his articles for The Atlantic).
As a white, educated woman this book - more than any other I’ve read - made me look closely at my own privilege. While I can never fully understand the experience of living in a black body, this gave a raw, personal, emotional insight into the lives of people Coates describes as living in another galaxy than myself.
I agree with the quote on the jacket, this absolutely should be required reading. This is a book to come back to again and again.
(I don’t rate memoirs below a 4 star because I think it takes a lot of courage to be this vulnerable and share your life story. So for me 4-4.25 is good, 4.5-4.75 is great, 5.0 is fantastic.)
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Murder
dylandalton's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Colonisation and Classism
indeedithappens's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Classism
nila's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia