Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown

14 reviews

laurenexploresbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

I found this work to be relatable and vulnerable filled with stories involving a wide range of topics including love, friendship, disability, family, depression,  suicidal thoughts, popular media, and telling your story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This memoir focuses a lot on the industry of film and entertainment and how they show society standards and versions of people that fit nicely into boxes, but in reality people cannot be placed into just one box. These boxes lead us to create images in our mind of what is beautiful and pretty often leaving out groups of people, with the focus of for this book being disable people.

Keah Browns tells her story of how this and other aspects of her life have changed and influenced who she is today and the perspective of the world she lives in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief and Death

lbelow's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

This is an engaging set of essays from an author that makes me wish she gets every opportunity she dreams of—that place in the writer's room of a TV show, romantic love...to be honest, after reading this book, I feel like she deserves a starring role in a romantic comedy like the ones she loves to watch. Keah Brown is so relatable, funny, honest, humble. This essay collection, spanning topics ranging from music and movies to internalized ableism and suicidal ideation, is a treat. Read it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, and Racism

msmamabirdy's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

2.5

Felt like it had potential and was sometimes funny and touching, but I had a very hard time finishing it because of the long-winded, rambling writing style

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Ableism

emilyhv's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Ableism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content and Racism

leahkarge's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Self harm, Ableism, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Racism, and Toxic friendship

lauravreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

Keah shares her story as a Black woman with Cabral Palsey in today's culture and society. She delves into racism, ableism, representation, and cruelties in society. Her story is very raw and emotional. She is brutally honest, which I feel is super important for a true representation as we all bring down and dismantle stigma in our society. I love how she accepted parts of her past that she was not proud of, she acknowledged her flaws and how she grew from it.

 While I am not super into pop culture at this time, I know that is an integral part of general society and helps shape many of the kids and adolescents today. She brings attention to the power that the media has and the importance of diverse and realistic representation.

My only critique is that it was a bit repetitive. But her message is so important that I truly didn’t mind.

 I have nothing but respect for Keah, I cannot wait to see more of what she makes in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Body shaming, Police brutality, and Racism

internationalreads's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Death, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

subdue_provide75's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.5

A lot of this was social justice and disability justice 101. The essays were ok, but I think I would have liked them more if I were younger. I appreciate the work that went into this book and the messages within it, however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia