Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit

7 reviews

cartermon4's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: War, Violence, Rape, Colonisation, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Death

Minor: Murder

julianh's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, War, Antisemitism, Classism, and Racism

melissalivanos's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse and Homophobia

emmaemooney's review

hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Leave it to Rebecca Solnit to write a memoir that’s sort of about her… but not really. It speaks to her authenticity as a writer, she really thinks and exists as poetically as she writes! I’ve only read one of her books prior to reading this, but very excited to dive into more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Rape

novelyon's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Stalking

violetends's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Read this for my bookclub. There are so many things about this book that left me without words. Even though it is an autobiographical work that also looks at history and the social contexts of her experiences, Solnit writes as if it were poetry. And with such incredible precision! Especially the chapters about misogyny, sexual violence and feminism were outstanding. It is very important to say though that these are particularly graphic. I found them difficult to read at times, nevertheless I consider them thoroughly enriching. 

This book is just something else and I have not read another work that compares. It is difficult on an emotional level, but so much worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Classism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

hannaehlers's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Stalking