Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

25 reviews

juliaya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexism, Mental illness, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, and Addiction

travelseatsreads's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

I knew absolutely nothing about Hannah Gadsby when I saw Ten Steps to Nanette pop up on Netgalley and once I read the blurb I instantly knew I wanted to know more.

Ten Steps to Nanette is Hannah's brutally honest memoir where she openly talks about her unusual childhood growing up in Tasmania, where it was illegal to be gay until 1997, her uphill battle to attain her ASD diagnosis as an adult, a mountain of trauma she experienced, her life as a comedian and all the funny nitty gritty bits in-between. 

This isn't an easy read by any means and I spent huge sections spiraling from crying with laughter to tears of genuine sorrow at some of Hannah's experiences. But, what is clear is that Hannah has an amazingly powerful and poignant story to tell which everyone needs to hear and learn from. It's not doom and gloom as Hannah has a real talent in making even the darkest of situations have some comedic value. So do yourself a favour and go watch Nanette on Netflix and then pick up Ten Steps to Nanette on audiobook for a truly enlightening giggle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Lesbophobia, Outing, Rape, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Mental illness, and Hate crime

melissacushman's review against another edition

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

5.0

Powerful, amazing read. Simultaneously funny and devastating, informative, entertaining, and horrifying. All the stars, along with all the triggers warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Fatphobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Abortion, Colonisation, Car accident, and Medical content

lou_o_donnell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide

kcorstel's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Drug use

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Homophobia, Cancer, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Cursing, Excrement, Medical trauma, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Animal death, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Biphobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Abortion, Grief, Gun violence, and War

melikeread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Really good and really informative! It was interesting to hear the thoughts from my favorite comedian Hannah Gadsby. You can really tell that she’s put a lot of reflection into her life and work. I’m someone who doesn’t always understand the touchy- feely subjects, but she made it make sense to me. Her reflections are also helpful to understand myself. But I would warn, of course - as she also does, that the book can be very triggering for mental illness. But it ends on a definite high note, in case that’s relevant to anyone. 

Overall funny and insightful, like Nanette. Would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Medical trauma

Minor: Transphobia and Drug use

stories's review against another edition

5.0

Incredibly well written. Cyclic, moving, insightful, informative. Well paced, gorgeously done as an audiobook. Loved the expansions into state, national and global context. Loved the interwoven threads and references that carried. Each chapter was a well-constructed, self contained bundle, that still left you wanting to continue. 

Not sure if it would have been “better” to have already seen Nanette, but I hadn’t and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Body shaming, Colonisation, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Self harm, Classism, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Dysphoria, Gun violence, and Incest

Just, yknow. All the warnings. Heed the triggers provided at the start of the book. It’s carefully packaged, but triggers are triggers.

liormaleficent's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Fatphobia

catastrophic's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

PLEASE READ THIS. If you're autistic, have ADHD, if you're LGBT+, and/or a woman, you will feel so much less alone. If you want to better understand those experiences, this gives such a rich  insight along with Hannah's classic humour lightening things up as you go. Please read this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Homophobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Ableism, and Rape

Moderate: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying