Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

160 reviews

froge's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent

slantrhymes's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

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I couldn't put this book down. It's sad and fascinating. Kolker  tackles extremely fraught subjects clinically and delicately, always giving the utmost respect to the people he's writing about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide, Murder

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt

The author discusses all of the very, very difficult subjects as clinically and respectfully as possible--there is nothing sordid here--but he is honest about things that happened to and between the family members he interviewed for the book. Some of those things are stomach-turning.

elaroche's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

teri_reads's review against another edition

3.75

dark informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder

sebrittainclark's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer

Minor: Abortion

coramaureen's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Murder

patch's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Mass/school shootings

lexiereadsbooks's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity

what_katie_read's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction

kimgravy's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization