Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Golem Girl: A Memoir by Riva Lehrer

9 reviews

lucyshucy's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

I wept, this memoir was beautiful ily riva

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Medical trauma, Suicide, Medical content, Ableism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infertility, Outing, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content

eslsilver's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Medical content, Suicide, Ableism, and Addiction

Minor: Racism and Homophobia

meezan's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Suicide, Body horror, Blood, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Body shaming, Addiction, and Ableism

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

afion's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Incest and Rape

Just some extra detail on the sexual assault on the if needed:

when Riva is at school a classmate corners her alone in the art classroom and kisses her without her consent and presses his body against her. She punches him in the stomach to escape and runs to the nurse’s office. She is told off by the principal for punching him because it isn’t ‘ladylike behaviour’

readingpicnic's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Ableism, Medical content, Death of parent, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Outing

allweseeorseem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Addiction, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Cancer, and Ableism

meemawreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

First of all, the physical book. Y’all know Meemaw is an audiobook junkie but this is a must-hold book. Riva Lehrer is an artist and this book is full of her paintings that you’d miss if you listened. On top of that, the pages are thick and gorgeous, making this a heavy joy to hold in your hands. It FEELS good and it’s a work of art itself.
Riva is a Chicagoan by way of Cincinnati and having lived both places myself I was familiar with nearly every landmark in the book. That always helps draw me into the world of a book, not that I needed help. She writes honestly about her life with Spina Bifida and her mother’s parallel struggle with spinal injury, the early chapters are full of family and school snapshots that build the world effortlessly. The book is peppered with playful language, she unapologetically employs onomatopoeia and words your computer would underline in red and it made me feel in on a secret as a reader. We watch Riva transform from a scared, lonely child into a lesbian activist who paints disability with beauty and empathy. My favorite part was reading the story behind each painting featured in the book. I gratefully internalized the message that disability is only a barrier because our world is not built for EVERYONE, and if we’re lucky to live long enough we’ll all encounter disability one day. What a triumph of a book, five taters! 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔/🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Ableism and Death of parent

maria_s's review

challenging informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death of parent, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content