This is a collection of many authors and speakers and so this is hard for me to review since it's so many voices and different writing styles. Overall, the stories and discussions are about important emotional work about shame and trauma from many Black writers and speakers. 

Some parts were very difficult for me to listen to, which were parts about abuse and assault. Because some of the topics brought up difficult and painful feelings, I am not rating the book with a number of stars, to avoid bias. I think the stories and discussions around shame and Black experiences of shame, therapy, and emotions are important and that is a valuable book. But if I rate it from 0-5, I think I will be biased to rate it lower because of feeling emotionally triggered by topics, which is my own shit, and not about the quality of the writing or importance of the topics. It was emotionally a lot but I'm glad I read it.

I am writing this review to say- this book has important stories to tell, but it is emotionally intense at times, and heavy reading. I listened to the audiobook, and many of the stories are told by the author of that story, which is a great experience, to hear the emotion in their voice from their own story. 

If you liked Unlearning Shame by Dr. Devon Price, you will like this book. If you like Brene Brown's lectures but think her stories are super unrelatable, you will like this book. (Brene Brown does research on shame and vulnerability but her life stories are not relatable to most people I know)