Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

21 reviews

tieflingmom's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cancer, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Addiction, Homophobia, Death, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Dementia, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Self harm

cozy_academic's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Addiction, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Pedophilia

maldonadobryan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Self harm, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

book_dragon_'s review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow. I want to hug jvn.
I can't believe want this beautiful person had to go trough...

Please look at the tws!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Cancer

sarahs_booknook's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.25

JVN is lovely and has been through a lot. I finished this feeling like it was a light read even though the topics are heavy.  
The structure is a bit flighty as we move very quickly through things so sometimes i was getting lost. There are however some insightful reflective moments. 
Do be mindful of the tw topics as lots are touched on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Eating disorder

olivia_goode's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

alishamegan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

greatexpectations77's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.75

An absolute treat. I love how much work that Jonathan Van Ness has put in with his mental health that he can share all of this. And the audiobook is just so good. I would jump to read anything else that he publishes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Cancer, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Bullying, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Religious bigotry, Body shaming, and Animal death

Could be helpful for survivors of trauma, who have done some processing, to show that things can and will get better

risten's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Rape, Terminal illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Cancer

shinypurplepants's review

challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted

4.0

I have never seen a single episode of queer eye before. I went into this without knowing anything about Jonathan Van Ness. For this reason I highly HIGHLY suggest you check out this title on audio as it is narrated by the author!
Note: I see a lot of different pronouns used to talk about Jonathan Van Ness but the book primarily used she/her so I will be as well.

This book needs some heavy content warnings SpoilerCW: homophobia, transphobia, enbyphobia, sexual assault, addiction, suicidal ideation, eating disorders, use of f- slur, but don't let them scare you off as Jonathan handles her story with its ups and downs in a deeply personal way and centers the discussions on how they affected her.

I recommend this book of course to fans of Jonathan Van Ness but also to every single queer 20-something wondering if this time they've f*cked up their life beyond repair. There is something deeply human in our shared struggle and I am thankful that Jonathan Van Ness shared her trauma and journey with us. Because the road to self love is littered with mistakes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Homophobia

Moderate: Self harm, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault