Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

White Magic by Elissa Washuta

9 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

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

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

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual violence

wanderonwards's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking

kachina's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Elissa doesn’t miss. Her essays are cutting, ingenious, and deeply deeply generous. I can’t stop thinking about this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape