Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo

20 reviews

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Injury/injury detail, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

sydapel's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

While I understand the intention behind this book and what it's trying to convey, it does so through so narrow of a lens it's downright disrespectful. With a minor exception, these women identify as white, cisgender and heterosexual, with descriptions of sexual desires that only differ in their minutae, and always come back to whatever man they are "in love" with. There's very little attempt to unpack the abuse (mainly emotional, but borderline physical) done to them or the systems of patriarchy that led to this, in favor of in depth descriptions of intimate encounters with, again, one, maybe two guys. It made me both angry and not a good enough woman, which is a new low. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexism, Rape, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Bullying, and Eating disorder

Minor: Racism

edytaworyna's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Fatphobia, Grief, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Rape

bettybabbles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

2.5

I'm just not entirely sure what the point of this was in the end. I liked the women's stories and thought they were nuanced and some complicated parts of my own experience were articulated by them. However, I feel like making this a nonfiction book and suggesting there's something in here about female desire and sexuality and patriarchy meant I was kind of expecting more reflection/engagement/analysis from the author. I appreciate presenting these women without judgement, that's fundamental and important, but it almost feels like this ends up extending to any meaningful thought about the wider implications that the book wants to be engaging with. I don't know. I liked the women's stories I was just not sure what the author wanted me to know about them and ultimately I feel let down by it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Fatphobia, Suicide, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Incest

neelafehla's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism

stuffinmybrainhole's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

She’s a lot. TW’s out the wazoo. But damn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Misogyny, Self harm, Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Grief, Suicide, and Vomit

korinnagarcia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

This book felt like I was sitting by these women at a coffee shop and I was eavesdropping on each of their stories. At some point you have to leave and you don't get to hear the rest of their stories or how they turned out in the end. At
times it felt uncomfortable and too personal to be reading but I related to bits of each of their lives, I felt their pain,
their joy, their longing. None of these women's stories are solved or come to a happy ending. There's not much closure at the end and while I've seen a few reviews see this as a negative, I don't. That's real life. I applaud these women for sharing their stories and I love
Lisa Taddeo's writing but this book left me feeling almost hungover and mournful. I don't want to take away from the other women's stories but I found myself rushing to get to Maggie's parts. I feel like Maggie deserves her own book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, and Self harm

Minor: Incest

mollyannexx's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Mental illness

Informative and emotional

leedom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Body shaming, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Incest, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

moiracampbell23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Misogyny, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer and Cursing