Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

8 reviews

jessmbark's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

This book made me cry real tears three times as someone who lost their parents and as a twenty-something woman. 

That said, sometimes it felt like Strayed told a lot of her own story instead of addressing the writer's. If you like those podcasts or TikToks that discuss Reddit AITA posts, you will like this book. Many thanks to the mentor who recommended it to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Abortion, Addiction, and Xenophobia

Minor: Terminal illness, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

readbyroska's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

Read it if any of the following applies to you, and you can’t find your peace:

you’re feeling lost, hopeless, not good enough, deserving but unlucky, regretful, guilty, ashamed, disempowered, confused, heartbroken, lonely, isolated, alone, misunderstood, underachieving. 

Read if you are a partner, wife, husband, mother, father, boyfriend, girlfriend, daughter, son, child, friend, fuck buddy, teacher, student.

Read it if you don’t have anyone in your life who can love you and know you but still tell it to your straight. 

You will find something here for you, so sift through and find it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Child death, Classism, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Abortion, Incest, Addiction, Cancer, Transphobia, Rape, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Drug abuse

koplomps's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Incest, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Cancer, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Bullying, Grief, Addiction, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Infertility

fanchera's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion

sophiegrubben's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

life-affirming 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Incest

Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, and Child abuse

absolutely_court's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Ableism, Abortion, Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

lya_thebananahead's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book will hold you tight and force you to look at other people's fears and insecurities and question your own actions and you'll be gratefull for it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Abortion, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

immodestgender's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Honestly incredible book. Sugar has a way of seeing the world that is all at once heartbreaking and immensely hopeful. I was given this by my partner and I hadn't finished it before I bought a copy for my Mum. It really helped me do some much needed processing about a past relationship and look at the world a little differently. My only gripe is that Sugar at one point describes someone who's polyamorous as needing to make a descision and settle down, which is pretty disheartening to read as a polyam person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Rape