Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up by Selma Blair

60 reviews

sierrabowers's review

emotional informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

teacupsandfirereads's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

I'll be honest, I haven't watched anything Selma Blair has been in, but I still wanted to pick this up for the learning about MS. I will say it didn't cover this as much as I thought or hoped it would. While the writing is real and raw, I felt lost in the story and the timelines. It portrays many ups and downs in her life; ways she was enabled, but also how she progressed through the various decisions she made and their consequences. While I love when a memoir is read by the author, Selma showed many emotions throughout, that while you would hope it would add to the story, I found it distracting. What I enjoyed most was the reflection throughout the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

itsgnat's review

informative sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

bookynooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I love Selma Blair. This was like sitting in a room chatting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism and Abortion

cecialex's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, and Grief

anjasshelf's review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

kilonshele's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

kris7878's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Death of parent

paigicus's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

elisalasater's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault