Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

6 reviews

mxarson's review

slow-paced

5.0

A published book belongs to the author just as much if not more than to the public. It’s clear to me that Sarah Broom comes to terms with her sense of place by writing about and during her exploration of it. This book needs a very close-read and you might even want to draw diagrams  to help you follow along with her words. If you don’t, you may lose track of the story,  the characters, and the setting. This books is not intended for a light-hearted read. Sarah Broom may have written a short book, but simply looking at the length will not capture the depth of her explorations and words. This book took me a while to get through, but I finished and I’m excited to read it again and again and again. I had to look up a lot of things she mentions, but every second of my outside research and close-reading was worth it. I am forever changed by this book. This book is not for the faint-hearted either. There are a lot of content warnings. I don’t know if I mentioned every single one. Do a lot of research on the content-warnings if you have triggers. There’s no gore, but enough had to be said for the injustices that lower-income Black communities in America face every day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Gun violence and Abandonment

katelyn_stark's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Dementia, Car accident, Abandonment, War, and Classism

nfoutty's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Police brutality, Dementia, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment and Sexual harassment

katieimre's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

meredithw's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

alylentz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Extremely powerful and educational memoir. Writing style was beautiful, if a little dense at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Dementia, and Murder