Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

16 reviews

lianathereader's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Rape

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Alcohol

Minor: Classism

zombiezami's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

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emilywrayburn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

5.0

Not an easy read but a worthwhile one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content

danasaur's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Rape

shirarweiss's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful heartwrenching hilarious vulnerable intimate gut punch. All the things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

maddelpop's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

manyofmae's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

emwilliams's review against another edition

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

5.0

The last two sections about the composition of Nanette the comedy show is incredible in its structure. The previous eight sections are the context you need to appreciate what Gadsby is doing and why. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

shortstackz's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

If you are a fan of Hannah Gadsby's performances, I highly recommend this in audiobook format. They lay their life bare, looking the hardest moments of their life directly in the face while still being kind to their "villains". That being said it is not something that everyone can read, it deals with a lot of the nuance of moving through trauma after rape or the systemic oppression of being a queer person before marriage was even a possibility. Please proceed with caution.

It's a story told honestly and gives context to the world around itself. I love how they contextualize Tasmania and the political climate of Australia in reference to their own journey through developing as an undiagnosed neurodivergent human. Hannah put forth the effort of acknowledging where their own privilege lies, and unapologetically says "please see the affected group for more on that". At it's heart, ten steps to Nanette is the directors cut of the Netflix special Nanette. The audiobook is definitely worth it on this one

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders