Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

31 reviews

streetmuseums's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

kalona's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

carolineloveswombats's review

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Ableism, Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Fatphobia and Classism

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

jillysmith's review

challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

3.75

Equal parts funny and heart wrenching, Fern Brady tells the story of her life leading up to her diagnosis with autism in her mid thirties. While she worries about being defined by her new diagnosis, she shows how damaging suppressing and ignoring her condition has been throughout her life. She pulls no punches, sketching out the characters in her life with an almost cruel factualness. You can easily imagine that this autobiography was painful for many of her friends and family to read. Her life in comedy is given short thrift, with later chapters becoming a little repetitive of the facts and events that seem to give her comfort, but it's a powerful piece of persuasion that women need diagnoses too to help them navigate a world not designed for them. The audio book is a little stilted at times, but a pleasure to listen to

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Violence

Minor: Self harm, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Classism, and Adult/minor relationship

ecarter18's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

the_dragon_starback's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual violence

book_me's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

jojobear's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Ableism, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship

beesleybob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Drug use