Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

10 reviews

tetrootz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Self harm, Grief, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Rape, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Drug use, Ableism, Classism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Vomit, Physical abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Police brutality and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Dementia

lennie_reads's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Ableism

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Biphobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Drug use, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, and Excrement

mads_jpg's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Really interesting memoir about life as an autistic woman, I'm a big fan of Fern Brady's comedy and knew about her diagnosis, but was surprised to see this was the main focus of the book. Really well written and very funny, tempted to listen to the audiobook too since I spent most of this book trying to read it in her voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Classism, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual content, Addiction, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

aquariusisms's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Ugh I was really hoping this would be a new favorite, but unfortunately the amount of fatphobic descriptions of other people and "jokes" about  bodies/fatness made this mostly fall flat for me. I did really enjoy hearing about the author's experience as an autistic woman who grew up in Scotland, and I think her perspective is an important and interesting one, but I just wish she hadn't leaned so hard on fatphobia as a way to be "funny". None of those lines were important to include, and if she had hired some sensitivity readers they probably could've told her that. I think with those edits this might be a book I'd rate 4 or 4.5 stars, and just a better book in general- which makes it even worse because it had the potential to be so good :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Death, Body shaming, Classism, Bullying, Mental illness, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

Minor: Vomit and Pandemic/Epidemic

bearystarry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

I feel incredibly seen by this memoir. I’m… probably going to reread and annotate this almost immediately.

Just wish there was less fatphobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Grief, Self harm, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Bullying, and Alcohol

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Racism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

skudiklier's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I'm so glad I read this. I didn't realize I was autistic until I was an adult, and I found a lot of this really relatable, despite having very different experiences from her (both with regard to autism and just life in general). It's a really detailed and honest look at growing up undiagnosed, and so much of this was really frustrating or sad to read. I wish everyone would read this if only to get this full of a picture of one autistic person's experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tea_at_mole_end's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Ableism, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Bullying

Minor: Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Excrement, Police brutality, Infidelity, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Drug use, Death, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Alcohol

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

It was difficult to read at times, but otherwise no notes.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Ableism, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, and Suicide

manthasbookstack's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I wouldn’t  usually rate a memoir. However, this was hands down a 5 star and it would be wrong not to rate it. Honest, informative and brave. I genuinely believe everyone should read this book and open their eyes to the barriers autistic people face. It is true that anxiety and depression are so widely discussed and embraced. Yet autism is not. I adored Fern on taskmaster and it makes me so happy that this was the most autistic-friendly job she’s had and she could just be herself. I loved her as herself. Highly highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Classism, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Self harm, Body shaming, Bullying, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

islamaunder21's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely loved this book, so informative and engaging and had me hooked the whole way through. Such a needed book for this day and age, and will open anyone's mind up in being more accepting and understanding of neurodivergent people. As a neurodivergent woman myself, this was hugely cathartic and empowering to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Eating disorder, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Self harm, Classism, Mental illness, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Police brutality, and Physical abuse