Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Lara Love Hardin, Anthony Ray Hinton

7 reviews

doomluz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Anthony Ray Hinton's story is heartbreaking, horrific, and frustrating. This shows how inhumane the death penalty is and the fact that the criminal justice system is broken, which makes it hard to guarantee that only actually violent criminals are executed.
I'm not religious and I'm not necessarily for forgiving people who've wronged me, as Hinton is, but I can see how forgiveness and his religious beliefs were important for him during his time in prison and to help him move on with his life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Death, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Cancer

courtney_g's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

I don’t like to give memoirs a rating, especially not something written in such a heavy and grueling focus. Anthony Ray Hinton was a real fighter in his life. He fought every single day of his 30 years behind bars, determined to get out alive and prove his innocence.

Even though I knew the eventual outcome of this story, Hinton’s recount of the events and his memories and the countless trials and rulings kept me on the edge of my seat. I also appreciate that, although he has a clear opinion in the death penalty, that was not the main focus in this memoir. His main focus, in my perception, was to show that you can persevere in the hardest of situations where truly all seems lost. 

This was a fantastically moving memoir. Everyone should read this at some point in their life, even if it is not the least relevant to their life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Death, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

tindin's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

kitty03's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

annapox's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to better understand the effects of systemic racism and/or classism on the US criminal justice system. Hinton's story is eye-opening, and the book is very well-written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

gabrielab's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicide

glains's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism