mgsl's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Incest
eegred's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual violence and Child abuse
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Self harm
jordansmoot's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence
aprilhinkle's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Addiction, and Violence
sillysausagezj's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Racism, Sexual violence, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Suicide
Minor: Abortion
mayaism_01's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Abortion
stevia333k's review against another edition
3.5
So this is by an author who wanted to challenge expectations about works written by indigenous authors. (I didn't pick up on how besides various marketable narratives -- i mean this in the way that both karl marx & the austrian school of economics are considered "controversial".)
Anyways, I read the book on the basis of family building & decolonization. The part about forgiveness being done in ceremonies instead of the white idea of "letting go", especially since I've struggled with that colonial dynamic too, except as a white settler I didn't have established ceremonies for context.
Admittedly I was kind of indifferent to the poetics I guess. The intersections were interesting enough.
in the interview at the end, there's 2 notes about influences on this book that the author mentions that explained the squicks I had with this book:
- the bible (which went over my head because I'm not a Christian),
- and Adrienne Rich (I already returned my copy of this book to the library & it was an audiobook, but the way the word "man" was used felt heteronormative & that "patriarchal" could've worked better. Like I think I figured it out via like argument from analogy with like settler vs indigenous & the fact she's mainly talking about 1 man in particular, but the lack of precision felt suspicious to me, and it turned out I was right.)
Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Incest, Infidelity, Ableism, Addiction, Medical content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
emilyhcox's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
wholesomeandqueer's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Self harm, and Alcoholism
clarabooksit's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Racism
Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Grief, and Alcoholism