Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Concrete Kids by Amyra León

9 reviews

b_robinson's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Blood

nrogers_1030's review

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Racism

cozylifewithabby's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.25

Pocket size,  power poems. I really enjoyed the style of the poetry. Definite content warnings, but an overall hopeful tone 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Cursing, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

kayladaila's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Chronic illness, Classism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Colonisation

pucksandpaperbacks's review

Really enjoyed this work poetry and the comparison of Black boys as butterflies. This does mention shootings and death and the trauma that comes with that in graphic detail. There are a lot of stanzas I really enjoyed and overall, I thought this was a great, short poetry collection that packed a punch. Concrete Kids is about being a Black woman in America from the perspective of someone who was in foster care. I'm really glad I decided to pick this one up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Racism, Death, Murder, and Gun violence

leahlovesloslibros's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

I really enjoyed this short collection of free-verse poetry from the author, Amyra Leon. She really highlights the struggles she faces through a lens of intersectionality - a child in foster care, poverty, loss and grief, being Black, and more. Her stories help you feel empathy without pity; they are factual, yet not told in such a way as to make you feel sorry for her. It is important for us to remember that experiences other than our own are worth listening to, and that at least trying to understand can put us in a better position not only to empathize with others, but to advocate for those who are underrepresented and mistreated. I would definitely read more by this author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Additional TW/CW: poverty, foster care, lynching

taleofabibliophile's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Racism, Grief, Racial slurs, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Blood, and Cursing

moonlit_paperbacks's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Death and Racism

bookiecharm's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Slavery