Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

When the World Didn't End by Guinevere Turner

14 reviews

daphnehumming's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

Terrific memoir it really does read like a novel. It is dark,

you really have to admire Guinevere’s perseverance and writing ability, both as a young person and today. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t truly look up until the end. I can only hope Turner decides to write a sequel.

for fans of I’m glad my mom died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death and Abortion

thespinystacks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Self harm, and Eating disorder

Minor: Child death

dustghosts's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexism, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts

sshabein's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Guinevere Turner's memoir about her childhood split between growing up in the Lyman Family cult and later an abusive household with her mother, step-father, and siblings was a harrowing read, but an interesting one. Using her diaries as scaffolding, she writes from the perspective of her child-self and how she felt about what was happening to her at the time. Though I maybe would have liked a little more adult-self perspective near the end, I also understand that writing it this way makes it all the more clear what it's like to be in these situations, how your perspective gets warped by what the adults in your life are telling you. It's also wild how she was actually somewhat safer within a cult than she was living with her mother/step-father, though of course, living with the Family had its own share of problems. I'd be interested to read another memoir from Turner about how she navigated life after getting free from these terrible situations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Eating disorder