Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

What my bones know by Stephanie Foo

14 reviews

blankcrayon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Genocide, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment

olivia_russell's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

4.0

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I was prepared to give this book 5 stars, it touched me so deeply, and resonated in so many ways. As I was reading I kept telling my partner 'it could've been my journal I'm reading!' On every page it's a -reflection of me, my experience with C-PTSD and therapy, being triggered, negative thought spirals, etc. It just feels really special and important to me that I am able to see myself like this in someone else, especially knowing this person found a path of recovery; it's very hopeful. It was a really painful book at many points and made me tear up and cry at times. I loved it and would recommend it thourougly! That being said, I'm upset and dissappointed by the binary perspective in this book. I understand that the author is a cis woman and can only do so much to try and incorporate diverse perspectives/understanding of the world but it was a let down to read sooooo many studies about 'women versus men' in the medical and psychological field. It just falls short and is such a let down, it lacks nuance for intersectionality and as a trans person I know alot of this to be deeply flawed and at times completely incorrect information. Towards the end of the book I felt a little disconnected from it, trying to race through it to finish it instead of taking every sentence in, because it just felt too repetitive and vague in it's messaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

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sexyvirgorising's review against another edition

5.0

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So grateful for this book. It feels life changing. Cannot recommend it more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Pandemic/Epidemic

sloanemontesi's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Violence, Medical content, War, Pandemic/Epidemic

delilahkkw's review against another edition

5.0

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Gut wrenching, clever, informative and beautiful. This memoir is intentional and healing. Although it touches on abuse and trauma, the other delivers stories and information with care for the reader. Her style is sarcastic yet still endearing. The book has a happy and hopeful ending and that disclaimer kept me reading when things were rough. Most of all I appreciated the communal and systemic lens Foo brought to her analysis on mental health and trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, Abandonment

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment

crystalisreading's review against another edition

5.0

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Transformative book,  for both the author,  and any reader open to what she is telling us. Highly likely to be triggering to anyone with cptsd. I had to set it down and take a break multiple  times. But I also learned so much,  about myself and about others.  the audio version is well-done too. Foo works in radio and podcasts, and you can tell.  Hugest recommendation! just please check content warnings first.

Thank you to #NetGalley and Ballantine Books for an advance copy of #WhatMyBonesKnow by Stephanie Foo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, War

jazzybelle17's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief

ruthmartinartist's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

jburkespraker's review against another edition

5.0

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Not sure what to add as a trigger warning because there a so many. I loved the short chapters and the way she pulls the audio recordings in at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment