Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood

67 reviews

librarymouse's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Alisson Wood's accounts of her youth and struggles with mental health are incredibly tangible and relatable. The way she writes, weaving the narrative of how she was told to perceive her being groomed by her teacher, with the reality of the situation and the storyline in the novel Lolita make for very engaging storytelling without trivializing the memories and issues she explores. To use Lolita as a lense, framed as a love story, through which to view their relationship and then recommend Alisson go to school for English implies that Nick Norris either profoundly stupid or incredibly vain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Body shaming, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

mirandabee's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Child abuse

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Self harm, and Death

buxomfloozy's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

The author really opens up and allows us to see and feel her trauma alongside her.  She has a way of writing that brings you into her world. It is absolutely a book I recommend. Read and learn from Alisson Wood. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

frannysal's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

hate_crimed_at_chilis's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Adult/minor relationship

bookwormfr_t0's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful written, painfully sad. Susan Choi wrote the blurb on the front "Being Lolita is an act of redemption".  I couldn't agree more.  Her story was written for her by the teacher, and she re-wrote it in truth.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault

softdisorder's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Self harm

erinbarton's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

bf54life's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

this book was amazing and insightful. An indecible heavy topic, but if you’re on your own healing journey it’s probably one of the first books i would recommend. I want it to be made clear this book is NOT. romance novel. Also, if you love literature this book plays with it so much and it is a joy to read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, and Pedophilia