Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Don't Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith

22 reviews

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Grief, Police brutality, Sexual content, Racism, Child death, Murder, Chronic illness, Suicide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Homophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Drug use

moreadsnrambles's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful is the first word that comes to mind. These poems cover the range of emotions with a heavy focus on grief, Black and queer experience, and HIV. Very challenging and emotional but extremely important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Medical content, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Gun violence

yinflower's review

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Blood, Racism, and Child death

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Suicide

hexedmaiden's review

emotional fast-paced

5.0

You ever read a book and think "I wish I read this sooner," that was me with this poetry collection. This was so beautiful and heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide

faithratesbooks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, and Suicide

Minor: Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Murder, Death, Genocide, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Racism, Infertility, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, and Medical content

ashleyexe's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Police brutality, Hate crime, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death, and Racism

shellroch285's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

The significance of the theme of blood was what stood out the most to me. These poems were so powerful, and I really admire how they’re all weaved together. I love the sounds Smith uses; reading certain stanzas that caught my eye was a wonderful experience✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Blood and Gun violence

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

jonezzzing's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Death, Grief, Racism, and Blood

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

cozylifewithabby's review

4.5

Beautiful, heartbreaking and full of hope and strong words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Gun violence

Moderate: Police brutality and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing