Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

98 reviews

kell_xavi's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative medium-paced

4.0

Memoir by multilingual Scottish comedian, working class autistic woman, fashion icon, and former stripper Fern Brady. Brady’s experience of autism, depression, and anxiety is very unlike my own—different class, culture, field, and gender context, as well as 2 decades and celebrity status separate us—yet a lot of it is familiar, and the added stories (descriptions, frustrations, examples) are appreciated. I hope all of us women and trans autistics can find ways to be comfortable and safe with ourselves. I hope books like these can help us to be seen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Police brutality and Rape

misdiagnosis

sarahreadsromance's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

It’s weird to rate someone’s personal story and judge that it is or isn’t good.  I appreciated the honesty and transparency that Fern Brady offers in this book, and it’s helpful to understand both her and other autistic women in my life.  My experience reading it was 4 stars, but that’s not to say that it couldn’t be much more valuable to someone else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Addiction, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

laurenkimoto's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Dysphoria, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

stephriggs25's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

veelaughtland's review

challenging dark funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

pat_sc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Gutwrenching but simply wonderful in her sincerity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Sexism, Self harm, and Misogyny

Minor: Eating disorder, Bullying, and Body shaming

thebookdragon_taylorsversion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Sexism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment

donna_fay's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

While reading this I have recommended it to almost everyone I met, as someone who’s struggled  with similar things but never knew what it was I’ve never felt more seen. It made me feel less alone in so many ways. I even shed a tear in the end

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Self harm, Eating disorder, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Awful as it is that it took until 2022 for a book like this to exist, I’m so glad it does now. Fern Brady writes such an accurate representation of autism in women, a phenomenon that has been ignored for such a long time, using both personal stories AND data. 

More people need to read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Ableism, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Bullying, Biphobia, and Drug use

quiet_vulture's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Bullying, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Self harm, and Suicide attempt