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coolfoolmoon's Reviews (357)
Not a complaint for the author but for the illustrator of the cover: Hope is supposed to be dark skinned. Like, based on the story she is uncomfortably dark for this Southern town. And yet there are no darkskins on the cover. All them ladies are medium brown tones. It's a beautiful cover absolutely, but I was lied to!
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Classism
Minor: Misogyny
I really related to / understood the emotions of the character so it got some extra points. Other than that it's just okay.
Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
If you like this book, you'll love r.h Sin.
At first I thought this was just like that episode of Rick and Morty, then I realized it was like a different episode of Rick and Morty, kinda, then I realized none of these other medias will ever be EEAAO. So.
Negative points for being written by a man. When he said "Spanish eyes" I went oh lord here we go but also the action scenes made me think aww boys having fun playing with their toys so he kinda got the points back there. I really liked the ending.
Last note, nothing to do with the book, it must be really acclaimed because when I placed the audiobook hold I started off in 57th place. Had it on hold almost 3 months.
Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Body horror, Infidelity, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Death of parent
I am being dramatic; I love me a story from the villain's perspective (although it is weird to call a kid a villain, even if it's true). In fact I couldn't go 5 pages without leaving a note about something that made me laugh or made me angry or a comment about something happening in the world. Usually if something is so bad it's good I'll comment that but this book and series are just good. Like okay good not excellent or superb. Like a pleasant okay good.
I had similar issues for this book as I did the first one (the world building isn't fleshed out (although I do understand it more the second time round now), the back half of the book hooked me a lot more than the first half then it was over so quick). I think it's a good message for the youths to be aware of though, and my teenage self would've ate this up.
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking
Moderate: Bullying, Classism
When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World
asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Graphic: Racism, Torture, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, War, Pandemic/Epidemic
Historical nonfiction, in my experience, is very repetitive, but here it works. It also works that the books begins (in either the foreword or the preface, idk, 68 pages before we get to the meat of the text is crazy) with whichever writer mentioning that critics of the book have complained that the book doesn't give a good enough blueprint on what revolutionary actions they should take nexts. You fools. You spineless clowns. Fanon literally says over and over here's how the colonizer distracts you and the way forward is not gonna be the same for everyone. The repetition is to show that while every story and its circumstances are different, the root of all their problems come from the same source.
It's depressing that this book published when my grandmother was born (and has since passed) is still relevant to today. I hope it is not relevant by the end of my life time. I hope that people look back at this book as a cautionary tale, a reminder of our history we cannot forget and always, constantly relearn to remember what not to do and how to move forward.
Also kinda fucked up his parents named him Frantz. Sounds like France. Is / Was that a common name?
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Deportation
Minor: Vomit, Abandonment
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, War
Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape
I do feel that if I had read this book first and Evil Eye second, I still would've given Evil Eye 5 stars. These books were written for the culture. Not my culture, but the importance of them, the weight of them, were not just to represent Palestinians and Arabs, but to show other Arabs "this is who we are, we have stories to tell, and we have to be honest with ourselves" and I love that SO much. Etaf Rum you will always be famous!!!
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Deportation
Minor: Body horror, Drug use, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Islamophobia, Stalking, Car accident
Are You Free? A Collection of Verbal Liberations in a Gritty City
DJ Brewer, Carolyne Whelan, Kellee Maize
I found this (and another) zine in Hayward, CA, and it must have lived quite the life to travel from one coast to the other. I thought that was worth saying.
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Rape, Abandonment, War