Reviews tagging 'Death'

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

29 reviews

puppyboy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Colonisation

emmawiechs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 

This was a well-written and incredibly hard read (listen). Talaga took the time to create a portrait of each of the seven fallen feathers - who they were, what they were like, the things they liked to do. Every time a new person was introduced I found myself hoping that nothing would happen to them, even though I knew they would. This portrait of the challenges of Indigenous life in Thunder Bay is heartbreaking and felt so human. The interconnectedness of the community made it an even harder read. Everyone was trying so hard to keep these young people safe and were failed by so many systems, no matter what they did. I highly recommend this for anyone looking to learn more about Indigenous life in Canada, and in particular why people are fighting so hard for things like having the TRC calls to action implemented by all levels of government.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

kherrington3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Violence

maddimclark's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Seven Fallen Feathers is a portrait of not only the tragic events of itself, but the efforts to seek justice. From 2000 to 2011, 7 Indigenous high school students were murder in Thunder Bay and how the Thunder Bay Police and Canadian government failed the fate of the victims and brought them justice. The prophecy of how Indigenous parents are sending their kids to Dennis Franklin to die. Truly shows the lack of support,the outright racism in the judicial and political system, and the absence of human rights in northern ontario. 

This book fuels the anger and cries for a need for change . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

lexa's review against another edition

4.5

Hard to read but so important. Great audio narration. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tiredenglishteacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully written, bringing life to each of these seven fallen feathers, painting a picture of the families and communities they left behind, and highlighting the many flaws in the systems that were supposed to care for them. Essential reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

jessicalyric's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Racism, and Suicide

khourianya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Powerful and sad.  But it is stories like this that help build understanding and foster reconciliation.  I recommend the audiobook highly.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying