Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

119 reviews

benjiisabookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

I really loved this book - it gave me some insight into myself and also let me look into Emezi’s world, an entity I’ve admired for a long time :) I did find some parts hard to follow but overall very much enjoyed it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

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

princesspeachykeen's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infidelity and Transphobia

ayowrrld's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Transphobia

Minor: Forced institutionalization

lurieta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

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