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megelizabeth's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
"How to love. How to give. How to grow up. Laughter as a peace offering. Courage. (All intimations still in progress.)"
Raw, haunting, and understated yet devastating, this is a fascinating and brilliantly thought-provoking collection. It's dense and challenging at times, and parts of it definitely still went over my head despite consciously taking my time with it, but I still got so much out of it and was prompted to reflect on so many things, pandemic-related and otherwise. A truly powerful little gem of a book.
Raw, haunting, and understated yet devastating, this is a fascinating and brilliantly thought-provoking collection. It's dense and challenging at times, and parts of it definitely still went over my head despite consciously taking my time with it, but I still got so much out of it and was prompted to reflect on so many things, pandemic-related and otherwise. A truly powerful little gem of a book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racism, Police brutality, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny and Slavery
Minor: Alcoholism
youreawizardjerry's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Police brutality, and Murder
webtheweeb's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
What can I say? It’s wonderful to hear from Zadie Smith, to dip my toes again into her turns of phrase. Her writing is so familiar to me now, but it’s also always new. As I say every time I read a Zadie Smith piece, this is a person who is somehow about to put into words what no one else has thought to record. I’m forever thankful.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder
laurenpage's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
angel_kiiss's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder
aerialcataloger's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, and Murder