Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace

6 reviews

karapillar's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Violence, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Bullying, Cancer, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark fast-paced

2.0

Feels very Instagram poet. Some parts of this did speak to me and I can tell the poet truly grapples and I offer my condolences but it felt preachy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexism, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Grief, Body shaming, and Death of parent

potsandpans22's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

My goodness where do I even start with this book. The journey I went through when reading this is definitely a reflective one. It ripped me to shreds, grinded me to a pulp, stomped me into the ground, covered me with dirt, watered me, let flowers grow from where the remnants of myself were buried in an unmarked grave and then let a blissful life come from all of that. 

It is a very heavy anthology but I highly recommend it. Just check the content warnings first, as it covers some very heavy, triggering topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Terminal illness, Cancer, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexism, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

abbbymyles's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

this was a lot sadder than I remembered - definitely recommend checking TWs before reading.
I didn’t love that part III was really the only happy part but it revolved around a man. It made healing feel like an attachment or another person, as opposed to something that can happen individually within yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Cancer, and Body shaming

waytoomanybooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

It's "Instagram poetry," but I like that style. I like that it's relatable. I like that it's accessible. I even got choked up and cried over one of the poems. I also appreciated the fact that there is a trigger warning page at the front of the book. And I enjoyed being able to read it in one sitting.

I did ding a few points off because I hate it when there is just one sentence on a page. I feel like those would be better off in a separate section titled something like "Affirmations" or "Reminders."

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

nickoliver's review against another edition

emotional inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Suicide