Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo

8 reviews

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

sprocketthecat's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Colonisation

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

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

rachbake's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

memorable's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation

bagelanjeli's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence

barnacleg00se's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

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Harjo's experiences as an indigenous person living in the United States are really important to hear, and I think that the details of this book are really informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence