Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Nanette – kymmenen askelta by Hannah Gadsby

138 reviews

teatunesandtales's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Ableism

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Abortion, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

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

monicaa_d's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense

4.5

A really informative look into the author's journey to creating a not-comedy show that challenged it's audience in myriad ways. The book expands on Hannah's life and the many barriers, both internally and externally, that she had to break through in order to complete Nannette, as well as the trauma and healing that the show brought her, and to an extent, her audience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

Moderate: Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, and Rape

team_mosaic's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Homophobia, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Pedophilia

psitstorrie's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

This book was extremely healing for me. It’s dark and messed up, but the way they tell their story is unlike any other book I’ve read. There are hard parts but the humor is balanced so well that it never is too much. If you are neurodivergent or queer, this book will make you feel seen and loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence

ciaomara's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Homophobia, Violence, and Ableism

Moderate: Rape and Drug abuse

nosmallthing's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

ketamcreads's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

aecatec's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny

5.0

I haven’t been reading memoirs for long, but I think anything further I read will have a hard time living up to this one. Even if I often felt like Hannah was speaking from inside my own brain, speaking about struggles I have never verbalized, that was almost secondary to the honesty and complexity of their story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, and Homophobia

sohva's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

4.5

Great description of both growing up qutistic and queer but also of the process of creating comedy. My only major complaint is that the book dragged a bit occasionally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Rape

Moderate: Ableism