Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

37 reviews

stagasaurus's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Mental illness, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Sexual content

ashar_allaire's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

aimnorth's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

This is a unique book that looks at trauma - past and present - and dissects it in prose like poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Suicide

mxae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

A hard read. Glad to have read it once, but complicated, especially for those who have also experienced trauma. Leaves a kind of madness with the reader, which is a beautiful skill. The afterword is also excellent and a way to own the reading of the book. Its own kind of genius.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Abortion

dakotahreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

thazell's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

I don't think of myself as qualified to give a rating to someone's memoir; it's their life story after all. This memoir was messy, raw, heartbreaking, poetic and beautiful. At times it felt like poetry and while I was absolutely confused about the timeline of the events that took place, it was beautiful and touched my heart. I love reading about Indigenous women persevering through their struggles, I really admire their strength and durability, it's what I aspire to be myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Racism, and Abortion

Moderate: Rape

heartmaiden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

mereileen's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abortion and Death of parent

A child is also taken away by the courts