Reviews tagging 'Rape'

La cronología del agua by Lidia Yuknavitch, Rocío Gómez de los Riscos

6 reviews

halflingnana's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Sexual violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, and Abortion

designy808's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

i read this for class, and it legitimately had me rethinking every single book i have given five stars because i think this is now the only one. 

yuknavitch's memoir was unpredictable, traumatic, and reflective, all while being heartbreakingly poetic. 

i have no words. she made us feel her emotions. the graphic descriptions of her experiences, and the ways in which she self sabotaged as a result of her childhood trauma was surreal.

read this book, but please PLEASE be careful. it is very heavy and personally, i found it a little triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Grief, and Addiction

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt and Cultural appropriation

antidietleah's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

penny_dlc's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

very beautiful. very sad. very intense. im very glad i read it. i think most people should read it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

rbrano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Really fantastic deep-dive into the mind of a woman who existed until she learned how to live. Deeply relatable at times, deeply harrowing at other times, in one moment downright unforgivable even with all of the context provided, and yet I walk away from the book feeling understood. 

Lots of trigger warnings should be listed, but I’ll just say that if you have any deep trauma, basically anything at all save perhaps personal experience with combat and war, you should proceed with caution. Personally I found it very healing to hear about a girl whose lives experience aligns so closely with mine as a child. It helped me to be angry and scared and helpless with her. It was deeply validating, especially to watch her stumble through adulthood after all of those years without the foundation that should have been built for her as a child.

This book was inspiring without being ham-fisted, tragic without being melodramatic, heartbreaking without being hopeless, and above all, an artistic expression of a woman who should have never made it to where she did but did anyway.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Child death, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Car accident, Grief, Incest, and Physical abuse

urastrologygf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Cancer