Reviews tagging 'Racism'

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

108 reviews

book_me's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Racism

kaynova's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Medical content, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

livreads4fun's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Racism

alex1's review

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Racism, Bullying, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

vicjp's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Hate crime

gabhopesreads's review

5.0

This is the best memoir I've ever read. It's so well-written, phenomenal on audio and one of my favorites this year so far. I loved the narration, plus the included audios of her therapy sessions. I loved how she went into details about history, hers and forgotten history, erased history. I loved how it felt like I was put under a microscope and dissected, but in actuality she was explaining her C-PTSD. At the end, the message of hope mirrored my own that I was lucky enough to find years ago. I wish I'd read this sooner, when I'd been drowning in my diagnosis. But the thing with C-PTSD is it's always there, so this will be helpful to read at any point in my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racism, Grief, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Car accident, and Bullying

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Car accident, and Addiction

vincci's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism

klueneburg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Mental illness, Abandonment, Violence, and Racism

waterbear0821's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Despite the challenging subject matter, I enjoyed this book immensely. I knew Stephanie Foo is a fantastic storyteller from TAL. While the story is horrifying, the way she tells it is captivating, and she weaves in history, culture, and so much research and science. I am so glad she wrote this book. I do not have a history of complex trauma like the author, but I have volunteered with children who have experienced complex trauma and in some ways I could even see my own experiences in the stories shared in this book. It’s both a singular, very personal memoir, but also illuminating about how across many cultures we hide our pain, how suffering is encoded in our genes, how medical professionals can exacerbate issues by ignoring the brain/body connection, how racism amplifies and causes complex trauma, and much more that reveals so much about all of us. I think it would be a valuable read for anyone and so insightful about the pain so many people live with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Medical trauma and Racism