Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Mamaskatch by Darrel J., McLeod

3 reviews

akaspiderlily's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Broke my heart and mended it in many different ways. Trying to fix what has been warped by so many outside forces, the reckoning with queerness, the oppression of religion and colonialism. The abuse. I thank the elders who impart their stories bravely. We need them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Homophobia, Suicide, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Deadnaming, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Incest, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Addiction

mdarg's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

amanda_marie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Memoirs can be tricky, repetitive, or overdone. Mamaskatch is none of those things. It is beautiful, insightful. It covers tragedies but emphasizes moments of beauty. It is about the complications of family, of intersectional identities, about how we keep living, we keep going on, no matter what life does to us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Deadnaming