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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
160 reviews
The production and narrative laid out by the documentary really rubbed me the wrong way, and I feel so much better after hearing this much more humanized version of the Galvin family.
This story is incredibly sad, but at its heart, it's about 14 people who are just trying their best, all dealing with incredibly deep levels of trauma in the only ways they know how.
My criticism is that Mary/Lindsey is very much an unreliable narrator. Very much gives a martyr complex. Again, I empathize with her trauma, her feelings of responsibility for her sick brothers, and her frustration with her non-sick siblings, but I feel conflicted, especially knowing the trauma she inflicted on her own kids. However, I think the author did a great job researching and writing from all POVs and not just relying on one person for the story.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Stalking
Minor: Animal cruelty
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault
Moderate: Suicide
Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Torture, Murder
Minor: Incest, Rape
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, War