Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

109 reviews

pnwolivia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Incredible memoir and psycho education resource for cPTSD survivors and the folks who love them.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

brittonmc1221's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

asofie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Racism

earthbound_edits's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Abandonment

maxthefish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I cannot word my love for this book in a proper way. It made me cry and it was intense but I couldn’t stop reading. Even working 10 hour shifts and being in school at the same time I finished it in four days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

ohmyhazz's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

beccarwolf's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

Minor: Self harm

carriepond's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A beautiful memoir exploring Foo's childhood trauma and her ongoing relationship with her complex PTSD diagnosis, this book is a gift from Foo to all of us. What a marvel. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

abfark's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Racism

keelyellenmarie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism, War, and Xenophobia

Author includes details of her own abuse that could be triggering, as well as details of her mental illness that are intense. However, the overall arc of the book is hopeful and focuses on the author’s growth and healing from intense trauma.