Reviews tagging 'Death'

Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

2 reviews

emelynreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a book I wanted to savor, sit down and contemplate, reading only two or three essays at a time. It's powerful, funny, and written with tangential style that pleased my dopamine addicted brain. Also, the TEA on the author's own family and popular authors is piping! 

I'm a huge fan of the author's ability to write on challenging subjects with a balance of humor, reflection, vulnerability and truth. One of my favorite books to date.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

Thanks to Avid Reader Press for the free copy of this book.

 - CREEP is a collection of essays that are part memoir, part historical exploration, all righteous rage.
- Gurba is a master at channeling her experiences into sentences that cut right to the heart of the problem and of the reader.
- This book is a tough read. But if you're up for it, it's a truly excellent excoriation of the many overlapping systems that make space for predators to thrive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal death, Cursing, Addiction, Antisemitism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Child abuse, and Violence