Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

23 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Alcohol

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

GET OUT OF MY HEAD! Had another spiritual experience reading this. DIdn't black out this time though. I almost couldn't finish it but I also couldn't dnf it. Like this book could be my Bible. EMEZI twin GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Excrement, Car accident, and Outing

atreegrowsinbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

Completely and utterly blown away by this. My first Emezi and most certainly not the last. 

This was a memoir full of so much emotion. A roller coaster of heartbreak for their own heartbreak, struggles with the world, and how terrible people have treated them. Why do so many people with a sun energy have to deal with people who bring them down. 

I loved being able to listen to Emezi read this. I felt like I was in an author talk, perhaps in a small dark room intensely focused on their reading. I know I’m going to need a physical copy to reread, as there are many many things to take away from this. But for my first read, I think the biggest thing I took away way to believe in yourself 100%. Think and speak what you want into this world. Know that it’ll happen and it’s happening. Be the sun and say your words of truth so that they seep into your being and into reality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

hannah_and_her_stories's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer

emelynreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Singular. Bold. Self aware. Unapologetic. 

Formatted as letters to friends of the author. We witness Akwaeke's deeply personal writing over the expanse of several life altering events. Emezi's writing holds no comparisons. 

I'm now more than ever excited to read Freshwater.

Do not read without checking warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

lbelow's review against another edition

5.0

These letters are personal, philosophical, poetic, and rich with emotion. So many of their lines moved me in ways I wasn't prepared for. This isn't a book I'll soon forget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

reneereads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape

takarakei's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Written as a series of letters to friends (and really to themself) Akwaeke Emezi's memoir gives a deep and vulnerable look into their mind and unique point of view. I listened to the audiobook, but was very glad I own a copy so I could highlight quotes to come back to. While covering some difficult topics, Emezi's gorgeous writing really shines through and even though as a memoir it centers on their experience, I found many relatable parts focused on the struggle of living in our current harsh world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Minor: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

aishallnot's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

starrysteph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

4.5

Reread July 2024: Even better on a reread - and so much more stood out to me now that I've read all of their books, including Little Rot. 

Agonizingly relatable. Unapologetic. Their prose is SO good and illuminates so much of my own life and brain. 

Chills the whole way through. Grateful that I'm here at the same time they are publishing books.

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Beautiful. Deeply poetic, deeply vulnerable, and deeply illuminating. 

Having already read most of Emezi's work, this memoir gave me a lot of clarity around the concepts explored in their books (specifically Freshwater). 

CW: suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts, transphobia, rape, sexual assault, mental illness, medical content, dysphoria, grief, infidelity, toxic relationship, chronic illness, self harm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Cannibalism and Car accident