Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

86 reviews

malgal471's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

frufai's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Used the English language beautiful. Makes you think about the difference between love and obsession 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, and Pregnancy

vainnerj's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

A beautiful and ephemeral look into the intersection of race, culture, gender and mental health. The author has a certain way with words that takes you on a ride that you cannot predict the ending of. I know that the author states towards the end that she had initially envisioned this as a fictional story based on her own experiences, but I am glad she was willing to be so raw and open as to tell her story without that separation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Drug use

lexiefolkerts's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

I did not know anything about this book before starting and after reading a few pages I feared I wouldn’t like it because it seemed too distant from my reality. I was wrong. Although I haven’t lived the same life as Terese or endured the same traumas, there were so many ways in which I connected to her story. This book had so many good quotes to pull from that I felt drawn to and raised emotion out of me. I would recommend this book to anyone that’s had an imperfect romantic relationship with a man. This book also delved into childhood trauma, childhood SA, grief, bipolar, suicidal thoughts, love, and heart break. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death of parent

leahlengel's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

fink1129's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

eegred's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

jordansmoot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

readingbrb's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Abortion, and Alcohol

mayaism_01's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was gut punch, after gut punch, after gut punch. I feel like I’ve been shattered into a million little pieces and I will never recover from this. I don’t think I’ve ever been possessed with so much anger while reading a book. I loved this so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Abortion