Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

17 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

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

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

robodu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Dysphoria

karingforbooks's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Dysphoria

Minor: Body horror, Chronic illness, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

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

ambero's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Racism

northernzephyr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Dysphoria

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

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