Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

7 reviews

reads2cope's review

1.0

Wow I regret reading this. Read as an audiobook on a roadtrip at the request of the driver, but still. By the end, both of us agreed that if he'd dedicated the book to Jordan Peterson at the beginning rather than thanking him in the acknowledgements at the end, we could have saved our ears from a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

savvyrosereads's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Rating: 5/5 stars

Thanks to my friend Hannah for buddy reading this one with me! It was a wild ride and definitely a phenomenal memoir, which Matthew performed SO WELL on audio. There is so much that I never knew about this man and his life/childhood, and even though I think I probably disagree with a lot of his political and other opinions, I REALLY enjoyed hearing his perspective. I honestly could have listened to this all day.

Highly recommend if you want a super entertaining memoir with a sprinkling of life advice. 

CW: Abuse (physical, sexual, abuse of children); drug use; death of parent

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use

mandaraffe's review

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Body shaming and Cultural appropriation

marisa_n's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

1.0

This is a pile of pretentious bullshit. Seriously, save yourself the trouble. It's vain, self-indulgent, and about as deep as a kitty pool.

In this book McConaughey: 
- Tries to both downplay the domestic violence between his parents, yet also describe it in graphic detail for dramatic effect
- Downplays his previous eating disorder/ mental health crisis as a quirky phase he went through as a teenager
- Mocks disabled people multiple times. For example, imitating his (autistic?) host brother when he lived abroad
 - Lies to hospitality workers and has his brother pretended to have a disability so he could bring his pet into pet-free places
- Generally takes advantage of the kindness of others without repaying the favor. For example, he takes advantage of some well-meaning small business owner in Europe that makes them lose money, crashes their new motorbike and then doesn't repay them
- Was incredibly creepy in how he met his now-wife, manufacturing a scenario where she had to spend the night at his place
- Follows his "spiritual" journey through a series of wet dreams (which he describes in graphic detail)
- Generally acts self-righteous and condones bad behavior throughout

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

veeronald's review against another edition

Thought this was a reflective memoir (a genre I'm trying to get into), but turns out this is just fictional dialogue about violence the author witnessed as a kid (so far), that he frames as learning experiences

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

coreilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

beccic's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse