Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs

7 reviews

pantswithpockets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

If you’re not listening to the audiobook, you’re severely missing out. Read by the author and featuring songs made specifically for the book, this deeply shocking and sad novel resonates deeper when you can hear the pain in Augustin’s voice as he recalls his darkest and likely most painful memories. Not for the faint of heart, and hard to read at many points, A Wolf At The Table is beautifully written and shows more serious side of Burroughs’ writing style that doesn’t lean on his classic humor, and shines a light on the excruciating and terrifying abuse he faced in his childhood.

TW: Abuse, graphic description of SA in chapter 18, alcohol abuse, mental manipulation, possibly implied CSA, general terror, fear, and homicide mentions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

renzbenz9999's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness, Rape, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

samlaffey's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting

teslacannon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

I read reviews complaining this book isn’t funny. Anyone who expected “a memoir of psychological cruelty” to be humorous has clearly never lived with an abusive, domineering presence looming over their lives. I listened to the audiobook, and Augusten reads it in a poetic, musical way whenever not speaking dialogue. This book was hard to face at parts, with the rape, mind games, and I especially struggled getting past all of the animal abuse. It starts early and sets the tone. I’ve never read Running with Scissors, but I don’t know that I want to be exposed to more of his trauma filled memories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape

_bxllxe_'s review against another edition

dark funny sad tense slow-paced

3.0

A father can be many different things. Doting. Deadbeat. Homicidal. The father in this book chilled me to the bone. Stephen King couldn’t write a better villain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

daniellemjoyce's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Murder

ldaffy's review against another edition

Dark. Psychological abuse. Horrid father.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship