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justkellyann's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Rape and Xenophobia
inthemoonlight's review against another edition
5.0
My only warning would be to look at any trigger warnings if that's something that would impact you. I personally went in blind, not even knowing what it was about, and did not realize how dark things would be. Vital to talk about, but still potentially triggering nonetheless.
Graphic: Ableism, Genocide, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and Rape
fridayreads's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Minor: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Alcohol
whatannikareads's review against another edition
2.75
i’m a mixed bag of emotions about this book. after about halfway through i think the first half of the book was completely unnecessary/a different book altogether. i fell asleep quite a few times during the first half. the second half was much more interesting, but i kept getting whiplash on the organization of it; we kept switching from history to memoir to social science. i don’t feel the memoir section was expanded enough to be super engaging. the connection between the writer and david star jordan, aside from her research of him, felt like a reach. i think if she has developed her story more, or just made it a completely separate book, it could’ve been more enjoyable. the whole book could’ve just been 3 different articles tbh. it felt like reading a really long op-ed and i don’t think ot should’ve been a book tbh.
also again, i don’t know if talking about how shitty his beliefs were in the second half made up for how nicely he was portrayed in the first half?? it was just very clearly not written by a person of color lol.
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
librarymouse's review against another edition
4.5
Jordan's hands-on malicious acts, like his touring endorsement of eugenics and the possible murder by poison of his benefactor are completely bonkers. I am constantly amazed that people Revere him, while simultaneously understanding, as I, too have been in awe of the young man he once was.
This book breaks down every facet of Jordan, from his political, religious, and social beliefs; to his family life, addressing each idiosyncrasy with data driven research.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
erictb's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death and Racism
Minor: Rape
strawberrymoonceci's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Infertility, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Child death and Death
val_so_'s review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Classism
sjn_jordan's review against another edition
0.5
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Biphobia, Genocide, and Rape
lara112's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Murder