Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

White Magic by Elissa Washuta

17 reviews

virginia_vex's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Rape, and Toxic relationship

sglance9's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape

dragongirl271's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, Murder, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Domestic abuse

monstrouscosmos's review against another edition

the early detailed descriptions of

rape and the aftermath

were especially difficult, but there are a lot of TWs even in the 5% I made I through. in reading other reviews that keeps up for the whole of the book, which I can't keep up with. the writing style is very much my vibe, and the author has a lot of interesting things to say! it's just too emotionally difficult of a text for me right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Sexual violence, Addiction, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, and Stalking

sarahaf712's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Abandonment, Stalking, and Grief

Minor: Genocide and Hate crime

viaviaggi's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Genocide, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Medical content, Cursing, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Stalking, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

moredoyle's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

5.0

A marvelous, honest, magical journey

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

betsygrace's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

5.0

Very interesting chapter on Oregon Trail from an Indigenous perspective. I appreciate her thoughts on the term “white passing” and the cognitive dissonance this brings for many indigenous folks. 

I also had some small revelations about why silence in relationships can be triggering for me (because the author is an abusive relationship and her experience sounds somewhat similar to my previous relationship). 

The author also writes beautiful prose about her trauma, mental illness, colonization, and more. Her transparency is something beautiful. 

I also think this was more of a 4ish for me because I didn’t love the darkness the book brought for me personally— BUT. I can still appreciate a good piece of literature when I see one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

lancakes's review

challenging reflective

4.0

Incredibly well crafted as a whole, but some parts weren't as strong for me personally (specifically the Red Dead Redemption conclusion, and some of the other cultural references. It was also really hard for me to read because of all the trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Colonisation

Minor: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

pdestrienne's review

challenging dark medium-paced

4.0

Unlike many essay collections, which are just collections of published essays with no guiding theme other than "these are things I think about", this collection has a very strong thematic throughline. This is also what makes it tough to read in large chunks (at least for me) - because it's about the looping of abusive relationships and situations and how hard it is to break free from it. So: a very successful book, beautifully written, hurt my heart and brain. I was truly impressed with the longest piece in the collection that shows time as meaningless. I've never read anything like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault