Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Nanette - kymmenen askelta by Hannah Gadsby

15 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Ableism, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Colonisation, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Racism, Pedophilia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Suicide, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mass/school shootings

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emilywrayburn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

5.0

Not an easy read but a worthwhile one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content

danasaur's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Ableism, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Dysphoria, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Rape, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Hate crime

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Addiction, Drug use, and Pedophilia

shirarweiss's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful heartwrenching hilarious vulnerable intimate gut punch. All the things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Transphobia, Ableism, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide

maddelpop's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

manyofmae's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

emwilliams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

The last two sections about the composition of Nanette the comedy show is incredible in its structure. The previous eight sections are the context you need to appreciate what Gadsby is doing and why. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Pedophilia, and Grief

shortstackz's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

If you are a fan of Hannah Gadsby's performances, I highly recommend this in audiobook format. They lay their life bare, looking the hardest moments of their life directly in the face while still being kind to their "villains". That being said it is not something that everyone can read, it deals with a lot of the nuance of moving through trauma after rape or the systemic oppression of being a queer person before marriage was even a possibility. Please proceed with caution.

It's a story told honestly and gives context to the world around itself. I love how they contextualize Tasmania and the political climate of Australia in reference to their own journey through developing as an undiagnosed neurodivergent human. Hannah put forth the effort of acknowledging where their own privilege lies, and unapologetically says "please see the affected group for more on that". At it's heart, ten steps to Nanette is the directors cut of the Netflix special Nanette. The audiobook is definitely worth it on this one

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Minor: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

sarahelem's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

What a bloody fantastic read. I loved Nanette and reading Gadsby's mémoir solidified my appreciation and love for this comedian and author (and human). The way she talks about misogyny in comedy, queer rights, and neurodiversity is poignant and provides essential content on these matters. A must read, in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Colonisation, Classism, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Cancer, Excrement, Outing, Abortion, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma