Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo

11 reviews

literaturesoup's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Colonisation

athomas_reads's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence

corrieroe's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Trafficking, Abandonment, Colonisation

Minor: Hate crime

buzzybuzzybeefudge's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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incredibly moving. i read it all in one sitting on an airplane and cried in public. it felt transformative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Moderate: Genocide, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Colonisation

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy

jasbeingjas's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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I deeply admire Joy Harjo's writing and this memoir only increased my admiration.  There were moments that were heartbreaking, and many moments where I felt a connection and understanding with the author, despite never having experienced many of these hardships myself.  And often through the memoir, I was reminded just how similar our struggles and oppressions are even when we are from different communities.  The way the memoir was divided into four directions, North, East, South, and West, was so interesting.  I would pick up this book when you have the space to read about heavy topics.  While they aren't individually focused on, there are many traumatic and triggering events that are mentioned.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

kvokolek's review against another edition

4.0

reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism, Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Abandonment

doomluz's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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I've read some of Joy Harjo's poems, and was planning on reading one of her poetry collections, but I didn't know she wrote a memoir and it sounded interesting.
This is a very different type of memoir. It's very poetic. It flows in an interesting, kind of dreamy way. There is a general chronological arc, but it also feels like a collection of stories from her life because of the way some are kind of tangentially inserted between others.
I like the insight into her beliefs and the struggles of Native Americans, especially Native women.
Overall a beautiful, though heartbreaking read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Colonisation

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

notpond's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation

your_true_shelf's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape