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elcordobazo's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Rape
coolfoolmoon's review
4.75
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, and 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, and Deportation
Minor: Vomit and Abandonment
katharina90's review against another edition
4.0
At times the writing feels a bit dense. Not sure if it's the translation from French to English, or maybe just the style of a different era that I had a hard time connecting with.
Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation
Minor: Domestic abuse and Eating disorder
funeraldancer's review
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, and Colonisation
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence
nahar's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
woweewhoa's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
maurits's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Eating disorder
jakepasseri's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, and War
Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
the_literarylinguist's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis