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A review by caseythereader
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
5.0
- THEY CAN’T KILL US UNTIL THEY KILL US might be the single best essay collection I’ve ever read in my life. Abdurraqib is one of those writers who is able to cut clear to the heart of existence in just a few sentences, and I’m continually in awe of his craft.
- It does help that I was big into the 2000s emo scene, which many of the early essays in this book center on. No, YOU cried about Fall Out Boy while reading this book!
- It’s not just about the music, though, it never is with his writing. Music is life, and it illuminates what it’s like live in Abdurraqib’s body in this world.
- It does help that I was big into the 2000s emo scene, which many of the early essays in this book center on. No, YOU cried about Fall Out Boy while reading this book!
- It’s not just about the music, though, it never is with his writing. Music is life, and it illuminates what it’s like live in Abdurraqib’s body in this world.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol