Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Chronology of Water: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, Lidia Yuknavitch

11 reviews

noel_k's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Abortion, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

rhdj's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

2.0

 Appartiene a quel filone di letteratura femminile in cui si parla di corpi e sessualità in termini estremamente concreti, con un focus maniacale sugli umori, rumori e prodotti di scarto. Quasi sempre, nella mia esperienza, questo si traduce in un ripetersi infinito di termini quali piscia, vomito/vomitare, figa bagnata, scopare, schizzi, scoreggiare ecc… Sembra di leggere il diario di un bimbo delle scuole medie. Comprendo e condivido la necessità delle donne di riappropriarsi del proprio corpo e di parlare del proprio desiderio sessuale, ma in queste modalità a me suscita solo sbadigli e una punta di imbarazzo per l’autrice.
Autrice che è molto orgogliosa della sua scrittura lirica e sperimentale; che però evidentemente ha adoperato in altri libri, a meno che il bel vocabolario di cui sopra e qualche paragrafo senza punteggiatura siano da considerarsi scrittura lirica e/o sperimentale.

È un memoir, dunque non vorrei giudicare troppo i contenuti, ma una cosa mi sento di dirla: Yuknavitch mi sembra il tipo di persona che mi auguro di non incontrare mai nella vita. Non per quello che racconta in sé, ma per la sua totale mancanza di empatia e il suo rifiuto di prendersi la responsabilità delle proprie azioni. Non so che idea di sé volesse dare scrivendo questo libro, ma quello che ne ho tratto io è una conferma del fatto che la sofferenza non ti rende automaticamente una persona profonda o buona, né una brava autrice.
Unica nota positiva è che la parte iniziale sulla figlia e i momenti in cui ricorda l’ultimo saluto alla madre sono commoventi seppur sempre, beninteso, senza alcun valore letterario. Ho letto trafiletti che mi hanno suscitato la medesima reazione emotiva. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abortion, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Incest, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Terminal illness, Cursing, and Drug abuse

carlomartinez__'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Incest, and Cancer

halflingnana's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Sexual violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, and Abortion

calcijade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Death of parent, and Incest

soberdionis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Child death, Sexual content, Incest, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

antidietleah's review

challenging dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

iammmartina_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Grief, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Outing, Terminal illness, and Cancer

smallfet's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Cancer, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Abortion, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

urastrologygf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Cancer