Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

22 reviews

kenziebeck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Violence, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

spoookycat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Suicide

megstickz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

iliah14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

fairyribs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

“You’re here” she says “You’re here. You’re here.”

Edit: it’s been a year and I still can’t stop thinking about this book. It has so many layers and discussions all packed into one- discussions on power imbalances, consent (and what it actually means to give consent), statutory rape, grooming, critiques of the #MeToo movement and the obsession with putting men like Strane on some sick pedestal for the world to gawk at, and the outside pop culture influences that many young girls and women are affected by- both in how they see themselves and how others see them. It is also a book that has still left such an impact on me and has made me mindful of the media I consume that deals with similar themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Eating disorder

arielivshin's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

גאזלייטינג שכואב לקרוא ותיאורים צורמים של סיטואציות איומות
מעניין ומכעיס ומרגש

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Eating disorder

mallory10100's review against another edition

i didn’t like the long chapters and didn’t love how vanessa kept enabling and defending her abuser. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Confinement, Cancer, Grief, Stalking, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

plethora's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A flawless examination of the societal factors that contribute to the abuse of women, the inadequate systems and human responses to the trail of breadcrumbs predators drop along the way. Each character, no matter how minor, was real, flawed, and a mirror of our society today. Incredible, sobering read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

mostlyliterate's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

this book is incredibly well-written and i read it in a day (not normal for me). but it disturbed me to an extent i was not prepared for and honestly made me feel awful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Stalking

jameslyons's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I devoured this in three days and felt like I was reading my own diary. I've never read anything that describes the nuances of abuse survival so well, particularly located in the early 2000s. I found it affirming, confronting, triggering, and a really fucking good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicide, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Pedophilia

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gore, and Animal death

Child sexual abuse is the main subject. Gaslighting, grooming, institutional violence, and coping mechanisms.