Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

21 reviews

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

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

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

tarajoy90's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Medical content, and Death of parent

bobbyheddy's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

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