Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo

53 reviews

ktbug711's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Car accident, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Rape

jouljet's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

saracatalyst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Death of parent, and Incest

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

emmah_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Eating disorder, Rape, Alcoholism, Car accident, Pedophilia, and Suicide

sapphinfection's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Infidelity, Bullying, Car accident, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Terminal illness

vollerenate's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Addiction, Car accident, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

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

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

garibae's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Incest, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcoholism