Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

39 reviews

read247's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

marcidarling's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical trauma and Cancer

jerichoknopp's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Cancer, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

west_coast_hygge's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Emotional abuse

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

siobhanward's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

I wanted to like this more than I did. Sarah Polley's life has been fascinating (and honestly, horrifying), and this series of essays reflects on her life, her learnings and where she is today. Some essays resonated better with me than others, and the variety of topics makes it so that there's something for everyone in there. Mostly my takeaway is that the kinds of people who encourage their kids to become child actors are not the kind of people you want as parents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Terminal illness

jjha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Blood and Miscarriage

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

Expertly written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

annamolpus's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.25

I've always enjoyed Sarah Polley's work as an actor and director and she does an excellent job narrating her own audiobook.  Like her acclaimed film Stories We Tell, these essays frequently examine the nature of memory and the narratives we tell ourselves about ourselves.  I found her ruminations on her child acting experiences, as well as the moving story of her high-risk pregnancy and daughter's stay in the NICU, particularly compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault

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