Reviews tagging 'Death'

Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford

73 reviews

sarahmae531's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

A beautiful memoir that had me laughing and crying through out it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Racism, Cancer, and Miscarriage

gtrue21's review against another edition

challenging

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Medical content, and Physical abuse

laceyc1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, and Rape

lorenrs's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Death, and Sexual violence

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny and Death

suchsweetsorrow89's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

3.0

while ford speaks about very real matter sin her life with such transparency and intimacy-- memoirs are just not for me. that being said, she writes about the events and feelings that she has throughout her journey of becoming the person she is today in a way where you can really feel it with her. you feel her confusion regarding understanding the abuse and love she received from her mother, her longing to just be felt as a daughter by her father, and her endless search for love and an understanding of herself and the world. not gonna lie, there were parts where i just cried because i related to them heavily. for me, what would have made this book just a bit better was if she leaned more into those feelings, since those were often the strongest parts in the narrative. alternatively, it would have been interesting had she played with the writing style a bit more (there were certainly moments where she did, but i think just a littllleeee more experimental could have really nailed in the emotional aspect of it all). i also think that while the book title is about belonging, there were only few moments in which those themes really came to life for me. really, i give this book a 3.5/5 stars, it wasn't bad!! but memoir writing in this way has just never really done it for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual harassment

st61826's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Miscarriage, Grief, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death

hngisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder

sgrizzle's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

5.0

“When you write about you and me? Just tell the truth. Your truth. Don’t worry about nobody’s feelings, especially not mine. You gotta be tough to tell your truth, but it’s the only thing worth doing next to loving somebody.”

This memoir is so full of truth and power. FOR SURE anyone who works with youth should read it, because the power of supportive adults showed up again and again (though it broke my heart that she didn’t have more). But also if you are interested in memoir, this one is a must.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

anger566's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Pregnancy