Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore

31 reviews

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

bethsbooketlist's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟 This was my first Kate Moore book and I was so impressed! I am getting into my memoirs more in 2022 but I generally struggle with non fiction writing and it's heaviness. But Moore made the writing so light for a heavy subject. Smooth and gripping - I couldn't put it down. This is before I even come to the subject matter - what an amazing woman Elizabeth Packard was! Kate Moore brings these incredible figures to centre stage like she did in Radium Girls (another I want to read) and enlightens us with their power. I was in awe and inspired by her determination, tenacity and resilience to everything thrown at her. The patriarchal society of the time crippled the strength of women - submission was all that mattered. And the lengths her husband and doctor went to in order to silence her was unreal. I am so glad I read her story, and really want to get my hands on The Radium Girls 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

reading_ladies_blog's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Violence, and Domestic abuse

cammiem8's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

4.5

Her husband gaslights her. 
Her doctor gatekeeps her in an asylum for years. 
She girlbosses her way out. 

Jokes aside, I really loved this book and preferred it to Radium Girls by miles. Moore’s biggest downfall is that she simply can’t seem to cut things out of her books, but despite the length, my attention was held the entire time. The story was so human and compassionate, and the kindness of its protagonist gave my heart sympathetic little flutters throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: War, Slavery, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

paperknotbooks's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

lou_o_donnell's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

lpdx's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

odrib's review against another edition

informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

aiyam's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Elizabeth Packard is one of my favorite feminists so I was extremely excited to find this book. Kate Moore absolutely did her story justice.

The book goes in-depth from the beginning of her first confinement to the end of her life, with all of her accomplishments as a free woman. I found the outsider's point of view interesting. Knowing what the doctor was writing in his files, what her friends were advocating for, and what her husband was doing back home was fascinating, especially as Packard herself didn't know any of it. That decision from the author really highlighted for me just how isolated and in the dark Packard was kept. 

Packard's story is one of injustice and anger, and I felt every emotion with her while reading this. If you call yourself a mental health advocate or a feminist then this story is an absolute must-read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Vomit, Violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Confinement

Moderate: Abandonment