Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Η Τριλογία της Κοπεγχάγης: Παιδική ηλικία, Νιάτα, Εξάρτηση by Tove Ditlevsen

21 reviews

lanosmith5's review against another edition

reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

First memoir I've ever read, and I was hooked from the first pages. The first part, "Childhood," was probably my favourite. How she paints how her childhood was. Very compelling that I just had to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Antisemitism and Abortion

lagaialettrice's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, War, Abortion, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Incest and Misogyny

yilliun's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Her ability as a poet shines through the pages. It’s tough to comprehend how this book only covers her life until she was in her early thirties. So much of her early childhood and teen angst felt so relevant to how I was at those same ages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War and Abortion

Minor: Classism

This book deals heavily with themes of addiction and drug abuse, especially once Carl enters the picture.

okapipo's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Classism, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Medical content, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

a_thousand_books_unread's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Let's start by me admitting that I hadn't read anything written by Ditlevsen again, and I didn't know what to expect when I started this book. In it, I eventually found an engaging prose that wouldn't allow me to stop reading even though the narrative itself brought me to tears more than once. 

Tove Ditlevsen narrates her personal life; from a daughter in a low-income household in 1930's, to a well-known voice of Denmark's literary world and everything in between. 

The book is split into three parts: the first one covers her childhood, the second one her teenage and early adulthood years, and her third one her turbulent years as a writer and a wife in four very different marriages. Especially the last part is both fascinating and very heart wrenching at parts. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Drug abuse

kstolecki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Self harm, and Mental illness

vigilantesupreme's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Toxic relationship

ldawson's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Infidelity, Alcohol, Mental illness, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Abortion

piperscarlett's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Toxic relationship

relf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

A collection of three memoirs describing the author's childhood--not happy, but already singularly aimed at becoming a writer; her early working years and sexual adventures; and her descent into addiction. Tove Ditlevsen's writing is bracingly clear and unsentimental, and the narration of her own story is compelling--I found it almost suspenseful. Highly recommended. I happened to listen to Billy Porter's memoir at the same time as I was reading this, and, different as the stories are, the parallels were interesting: both authors had difficult childhoods but were single-minded from a very early age on practicing their arts and achieving success, whatever it took. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content