Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

28 reviews

kbhenrickson's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

While it's not an easy read, this is a book that I think every American and Canadian should read, especially if you are not an Indigenous person. The stories of the young people, their families and communities are heart-breaking, and the neglect, dismissal, and antagonism of the systems that were supposed to protect them are infuriating. For example how can any police and legal system routinely not call parents when their teenage children are reported missing or found dead - in the 2000s, no less? The author does a great job of humanizing the teens and their families and not sensationalizing what happened. She also masterfully weaves in the history of the oppressive systems in Canada - residential schools, colonialism, disparities in education funding - that underly all of the contemporary stories told in the book. The writing itself is as compelling as the stories, which are definitely going to stick with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

kshap's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

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

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

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

This book is so, so, so important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

ctcooper's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Alcohol

196books's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Racism, and Suicide

_azure76's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, and Grief

oliviaja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Essential reading for all Canadians, especially those of us who live or work in Northern Ontario.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail