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michaelion's review against another edition
4.0
Large sections of this book should be taught in schools. Not all of it though, some of it can be scrapped and the point will still be the same. The main thing that takes you out of the book is how much of it is really long examples.
Other than that, no notes. The book really touches on everything. Even though it was published 51 years ago, what's changed? Too much has stayed the same. Although, talking about the USSR as if it was still an ever-present thing threw me off my rocker a couple times.
If you're reading this review, by the way, please watch the film Sleep Dealer (dir. Alex Rivera, 2008). Thank you.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Slavery, Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Torture, Trafficking, War, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Blood, Antisemitism, Body horror, and Homophobia
I tagged body horror for the title alone. It itself invokes the feeling of flesh being torn apart to get to the beating heart, under the skin, where the veins and life is. Which I'm sure was purely intentional.chicopato's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Slavery, and Racism
cemeterygay's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Child death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Gun violence, Racism, Genocide, Misogyny, Violence, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, War, Police brutality, Suicide, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Medical trauma
CW: Racial Caste System, Systemic Violencequickermorequickly's review against another edition
Graphic: Racism, Genocide, and Colonisation
Moderate: Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Violence, and War
ginpomelo's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Violence