Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

7 reviews

cheaploaf's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Was an infuriating read. Appreciated the balance between Ray’s story/personal anecdotes and facts about the prison system/death row. Felt a little repetitive at times about how Ray was feeling but also just puts the emphasis on how you would feel stuck somewhere for 30 years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Classism, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Grief

pinkalpaca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, and Murder

triley's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Racism, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Cancer

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

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

A really important read for anyone who feels like they're pro-death penalty. The justice system makes too many mistakes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

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