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amylureads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
literary_lauraaa's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
caseythecanadianlesbrarian's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
This essay collection alternately made me feel like it was making me smarter while I was reading it and like it was too smart for me and I was being left behind. Sloan is a brilliant writer, whose logical links between seemingly disparate topics within one essay are superbly done. She writes about art, Blackness, family, place, and more. Kiese Laymon puts it better than I ever could: "Innovative, inspiring, sobering, and absolutely terrifying while daring every other essayist in the country to catch up."
kjboldon's review against another edition
5.0
These essays are so smart and sharp. They weave together art, life, and the world as we know it in ways that highlight each element. Reminiscent of Maggie Nelson and Claudia Rankine.
ostrowk's review against another edition
4.0
RAMADI IN DETROIT, much like Maggie Nelson or Claudia Rankine’s writing, bristles with a kind of brilliance you can only shake your head & whistle at. The way Sabatini Sloan moves seamlessly from one topic to the next, from high culture to low, from personal to academic, is endlessly impressive. And she writes one hell of a last sentence!
abiolajohnson's review against another edition
5.0
This was a really good read. I am always picky when it comes to creative non-fiction so when this was selected as required reading for a class I was taking, I was not sure what to expect. Ms. Sabatini has a really versatile writing style especially the uncanny way she spins rather macabre details in a whimsical light. As a reader, it had an unusual way of letting gruesome details land delicately to the point where by the time you come to the realization of the seriousness of what you have just read, you are still basking in the joy of the writers glorious prose.
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