Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

3 reviews

mo_bookshelves's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Rape, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abortion

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Whew, this book is so so hard, and probably because it's so well-written. I think it's as close to poetry as prose comes. So much research, so much hurt, so much trauma. Incredible. Would read anything Marzano-Lesnevich wrote.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Car accident, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Rape, Addiction, Incest, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, Self harm, and Bullying

If child abuse is not good for you to read about, this is definitely a book to skip. The descriptions are extremely hard.

jennivardier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence