Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley

10 reviews

heatherjchin's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness

ssorchaa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

bookworm_ohsea's review

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Pregnancy, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Child abuse

kairhone's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent and Pedophilia

eringaudet's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

nettleviolet's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, and Mental illness

thevietvegan's review

challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Thought provoking and at times gut-wrenching. It takes a lot to do this much self-reflection, let alone write it all in a book for the world to judge. It is raw, honest, and it seems like it would be very cathartic if these stories were left untold in her heart. Feeling misunderstood is a hard feeling, and I hope she feels more understood after this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Grief, and Child abuse

francestea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Two women in my book club recommended this book and suggested the audiobook, narrated by the author, which I appreciated. I must admit I didn’t know much about Sarah Polley before starting this but her life story is very interesting though also painful. It sheds a spotlight on the world of child actors and how well children are able to *appear* to adapt. I would love watch Polley with other former child actors do a talk on this subject. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Chronic illness

Moderate: Pregnancy and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual harassment

carareadsbooks's review

challenging dark emotional informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent

nevawink's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent and Chronic illness

Minor: Sexual harassment