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lilbrusselsprout's review
i read about halfway through and just could not keep going. i really like the way this book was set up and the lessons taught, it just feels like it is a lot longer than it needs to be
morgancvtherine's review
I don't feel this was a very good handbook and that it should have been much shorter to get it's point across or advertise/title itself as a collection of essays and memoirs instead. I think a good example of a handbook is How to Abolish Prisons by Rachel Herzing and Justin Piche; although it does focus specifically on prisons and not abolition as a whole it still has great steps on organizing for abolitionist work in general while also having stories as examples.
This books should be more succinct to call itself a handbook. I think it would be better to have each step simplified down to the following sections Cullors had already written in the book:
This books should be more succinct to call itself a handbook. I think it would be better to have each step simplified down to the following sections Cullors had already written in the book:
- What to Read/Watch/See/Hear
- What you know
- Those who can show
- How we'll grow
- The real world
as well as the reflective questions at the end.
trapwomanistcyborgwitch's review
4.0
Great book to read that is a guide to becoming a better human being and a citizen for the world.
steffilietzke's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
dani__gomezz's review
challenging
informative
reflective
5.0
Really brilliantly written and very thought-provoking. Would recommend to absolutely everyone even if you do not identify as an abolitionist.
Content Warnings
Minor: Slavery, Medical trauma, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Violence, Misogyny, and Mental illness
possumnest127's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
an easy read and also a thought-prodding read! provided a lot of opportunity for self-reflection and i would see myself returning to this book for reminders if i owned it
zulliekinz's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.25
An excellent useful read and something I will continue to come back to and have found easy to pull into my own thinking and work. I do think Patrisse gets a little distracted at the end and begins to provide direction that leans too heavily on the BLM movement. But it's an understable move to make and I cannot fault her otherwise!