Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson

8 reviews

frawst_disasta_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

I hadn’t planned on reading this memoir, but Audible offered it to me for either $2.99 or $3.99.  I’m so glad I did.  It’s such a great memoir.  There are such sad moments, but Pamela also focuses on the beauty.  Plus this way I learned more of her activism.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

hifrench's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Loved Pamela’s telling of her story. I learned a lot about her - especially how fond she is of philosophy. Last 1/4 of the book lost me a little and I wish she had gone a little deeper into some parts, but I respect her keeping her personal boundaries. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Animal death

michellegaudet's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

bealittlebrave's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

mandaraffe's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Rape, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Ableism, and Homophobia

mo_za11's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Vomit, Addiction, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Stalking

paigicus's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Drug use

Minor: Miscarriage

lesty_gibbs's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

Echoing other reviews, her structure is quite non-linear, especially at the start, and that made it a bit difficult for me to get into, but once I could I really enjoyed this! I sort of knew of Pamela before reading, and picked this up because of an interview she did for Variety, and I found her captivating. 

This memoir is incredibly empathetic, clever, and thoughtful. For someone who was so incredibly abused, so frequently, by so many people, she still holds so much joy and appreciation for life, which really shines through. Her prose is really authentic, like you’re having a conversation with her. I also loved her poetry. I’m really glad I picked this up, started and finished it in a day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content