Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

3 reviews

mrsdarcylynn's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

If you grew up in the US or any other imperial power, this text is so important. There was so much within the book that I was fully unaware of. The author challenges myths and assumptions about the formation on the United States. My only complaint is that the book often makes large time jumps between 1776 and 1880ish, sometimes at lightning speed. This often threw me off- I wish many of the chapters had stuck to one topic or time period. Even with this (minor) criticism, I felt like the book made powerful arguments, was highly educational, and spoke the truth of as many indigenous peoples as possible. I am grateful to this author for writing this book, it is much needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Rape, Child death, Child abuse, War, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicide, and Torture

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this. I listened to this as a library audiobook, but I will be purchasing a physical copy at some point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abortion and Antisemitism

White supremacy, capital punishment, Eugenics

fenemiestolovers's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Obviously hard to read, but so important and I learned so much. Would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Murder, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Child death, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide