Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Easy Beauty: A Memoir by Chloé Cooper Jones

18 reviews

jebecky's review against another edition

This book has a really dark tone throughout the whole thing. Some of the content was too graphic for me, or I would have kept reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Gore, Murder, Child abuse, Car accident, Racism, Genocide, Ableism, Body horror, Death, Body shaming, and Animal death

cococorycollins's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Ableism, Animal death, and Body shaming

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

breadbummer's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

No wonder this book got so much hype! I truly don't have any critiques about this book. I didn't think I would be so engrossed in a travel memoir (StoryGraph reading challenge moment), but this is superbly written, and every story merges perfectly with their designated flashbacks. There were times at which I was wondering what the connection was between the two, but Jones never failed to wrap it up nicely and top it with a bow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Ableism, Animal death, and Body shaming

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Confinement, Gun violence, and Genocide

Very graphic deaths of dogs in two different chapters. If this is something that bothers you, either prepare yourself when she first discusses her parents being in Kathmandu and after she visits the Killing Fields, or find a way to skip these segments entirely.

creativerunnings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Pregnancy

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Ableism, Animal death, Genocide, Medical content, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Medical trauma, Blood, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Murder and War

Minor: Infertility and Rape

clarabooksit's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Animal death, Ableism, and Body shaming

Moderate: Classism, Sexual content, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Genocide and Misogyny

kairhone's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Ableism

caitlancole's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Body shaming

dogbuttsandbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Blood

Minor: Addiction

mmccombs's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

It was not what I expected but in a very good way! The lush prose, the philosophical approaches to her lived experience, and the parts of her life that she shares came together to form a compelling whole. I read this via audiobook and enjoyed the way she narrated, though I kind of wish I had read a physical copy so I could go over passages to fully extract its meaning and underline all of her wonderful quotes. This made me think in new ways and I want to keep reading her work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Ableism