Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

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

86 reviews

madelinedalton's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Unfortunately, I had a really hard time focusing when reading this book. I felt like I was missing out on an objectively great memoir, and I wanted so badly to like it. I'm not sure where this personal disconnect came from. 

I also felt as though the central theme of the memoir, hinted by the title, was really lacking in exploration. When Ashley first found out about why her father was imprisoned, she was enraged. And then, a few chapters later, she was all grown up and had a positive experience visiting him in prison for the first time in many years. What happened in between those two emotional states? How did she get there? It just felt a bit jarring to me. I was expecting the memoir to cover her relationship with her father most, but instead, it primarily focused on her relationships with her mother and grandmother. That's all great--there was some interesting stuff in there--but it surprised me given the way she initially set up the book.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

hannahkosel's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Child abuse

leontyna's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Domestic abuse

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

becksusername's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Cancer, and Child abuse

sairro10's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

mitrabird2010's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, and Chronic illness

nicoleherz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Hits equally hard for those with strained mother-daughter or father-daughter relationships. Definitely had a good cry about ⅔ in.
Beautiful writing, reminded me of the glass castle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, and Cancer

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