Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

17 reviews

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

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

wanderinghappygal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

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

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

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

jacq_s's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Murder