Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

11 reviews

mariberries's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Pedophilia, and Suicide

brianna_moye's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Abortion

mohawkm's review

2.75

The recommendation I read described this book as funny, but that's not what I came away with. While  the author is excellent at prose, and the whole world of the book seems absurd and interesting to read about, there's an alarming "normalized deviancy" attitude about the sexual abuse among the members of the clergy that Lockwood is around. She's not excusing it, but she's not really dealing with it either, and it is disturbing when it comes up. And it generally feels like she wrote about her family because she wasn't sure what else to write about, which left me with an odd feeling - it's an unflattering portrait that didn't have an undertone of warmth nor learning like some family memoirs.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Sexism

elsebeok's review against another edition

challenging funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, Cancer, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

writetorun's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia

rapgamenancyreagan's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Infertility, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Sexual assault

dominic_t's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

The author is really funny and has a way with words. I kept reading parts aloud to my wife. The entire chapter "Dinner with the Bishop" is amazing. I also really related to her feelings about leaving the Catholic church as a former Catholic. 

There were a couple of points where I honestly couldn't understand what she was trying to say. A few of the sentences were confusing, and some of the metaphors and descriptions didn't make much sense to me. Some parts of the book were a little slower and less interesting than others.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

rachbake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

leah_alexandra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.5

I liked this book more and more once I fell into the storytelling and Lockwood's particular turns of phrase. I found the last third to be particularly affecting. This was a very vivid portrait of a strange upbringing. I appreciated the humor and love she used to approach her whole family, while still presenting a pretty unvarnished picture. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Pedophilia

Moderate: Bullying, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident, Infertility, Kidnapping, Murder, and Mental illness

possiblybooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault