Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

35 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

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

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

siobhanward's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I've read most of what Emezi has published, and <i> Pet </i> was one of my absolute favourite reads this year, so I was thrilled to discover Emezi had published a memoir. I loved that this was written as a series of letters to friends, family and other people important to Emezi. Their voice felt real and human and I appreciated their openness about their struggles with their mental health, and offering insight into their life as a nonbinary person. Emezi has a unique voice and creativity that is not often seen elsewhere, so getting some insight into their writing process, what inspired certain works and why they wrote them was an absolute treat. At this point, I'm pretty sure I'll read anything they write.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Transphobia, and Medical content

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

jenmcreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

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

mandathebiblio's review against another edition

I don't give star ratings to non-fiction, so I won't be giving this one one.

I really appreciated reading this, though. I listened to the audiobook and I would give the audio a 5 out of 5 star. It was very well done as Akwaeke Emezi narrated it themselves.

As for the content in this book, there was so much that I feel like I could relate  to and so much I know that I would never be able to and that is what made this such a worthwhile audiobook for me. I think that reading this as my first book from this author is going to help me when I read more from them. It was very interesting seeing their journey not only through publishing but through life in general. It definitely opened my eyes to some things that I may not have realized before and it was very helpful to see.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

Powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt

egmamaril's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Medical content