Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

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princesspeachykeen's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0


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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5


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challenging dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0


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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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reneereads's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.0


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siriface's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5


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dc32's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

note to self to remember chapters: worldbending, desire, holy, anointing

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dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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karingforbooks's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

2.5

I’m sure this resonates for others, but it’s not for me. Not least because the extensive discussion of suicide and self harm was triggering for me, so go into this having read content and trigger warnings. 
Otherwise I can’t tell if it’s just that I’m uncomfortable with someone being so confident or if I genuinely think they’re delusional in a harmless way. But none of it hit with me and I didn’t enjoy the writing style either. 

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0


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