Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo

19 reviews

sarhslbr's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

2.25

this book was really really hard to get through for me . i could not get into it and i had to make myself read it , but keep in mind that i’m probably jsut not intellectually available enough 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

notabookseller's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

even better the second time around, HIGHLY recommend the audiobook *chef’s kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Suicide, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Death, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

jamieleepilk's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

This book was nothing like what I thought it would be based on other peoples recommendations and reviews. Recommendations and reviews I might add that are covering the inside cover of the book, to the point where looking at them I felt like I was reading a totally different book.
Going in I thought this would be a straight forward non-fiction look at female desire, focusing on the lives of three women. What I got was a book that is three women's stories regurgitated in a way that makes them read like fiction, the writing itself was emotive, raw and extremely well crafted but it just fell a little flat? I was unsure as the point of the book as I didn't seem to actually be about female desire at all. It was hard to read a lot of this book seen as it contains a lot of trauma, assault and abuse.
I feel like the goal for this book was brilliant but the execution less so. I would have probably much preferred it to be more like the Prologue and the Epilogue, reading the Prologue I thought that this was what I was in for and I was excited but sadly for me it did go downhill from there.
I will say that I can see Taddeo's writing talent and I will most likely be picking up her fictional novel that is out later this year to see if that is better suited to what I was after. I'm gutted that this fell flat for me after all the sparkling reviews and recommendations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Blood

holliejoy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

onion's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

meghanvolkman's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

andreeanz's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Bullying, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide

voidshelves's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Rape, Alcoholism, Suicide, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Bullying