Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo

7 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

The writing style(s) of this book are so interesting, and I was really hooked on everyone's stories. And goddammit was I full of rage at the North Dakota one. I think what works really well in this book is that you may start it thinking that you wouldn't have anything in common with the three women, but as you dig deeper, you feel like they're speaking part of you. We all desire and usually, we're blocked and hurt. I'll be thinking for a long time about the advice that Ms. Taddeo's mother gave her in the last portion of the book. I think she's right, and that sucks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Body shaming, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Abandonment, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Sexual assault, Classism, Mental illness, and Rape

eemadeeberry's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Infidelity, Cursing, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment, Incest, Medical content, and Racism

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

matildaesandell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

The language in this book is so descriptive it paints the most beautiful picture for you. It is confronting and real and relatable for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Alcoholism

kassy182's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

all i have to say is that men are awful and time and again they prove how awful they can be and often innately are. women that support awful men with the knowledge of the extent of their awfulness are just as bad if not worse. 
women deserve more. women have never been given what they deserve and they deserve so much more than a man can even conceive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Car accident, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, and Pedophilia

elise_allberry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, and Suicide

hunterlovesneilperry's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

2.5

i was dissapointed. this book had so much potential, and it failed. it circles around three cis straight white women, who should not be at the forefront representation of «this is pleasure for women».

the way sloane would in deatil talk about her internalised fatphobia, and that she needed to be skinny, made me as a plus size person, feel disgusted with myself. 

lina starts off her part by talking about getting raped, and then you’re left with this feeling of «oh my god» because reading about rape is in no way fun or interesting. but she leaves it at that. she never brings it up again, and i was so obvious that her need for sexual attention comes from unhealed wounds.

maggie was just very complicated not gonna lie. i dont even know how to get into that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Car accident