Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner: A Memoir by Grace Tame

8 reviews

mince's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

If I could give this 10/5 stars, I would. Obviously some very intense trigger warnings, but the way she talks about her relationships and her life is fantastic - both heartwarming and hilarious. There's a reason Grace Tame was published, and I will read everything that she writes. 
The audiobook is powerful and truly captures her emotions. 
Grace's perseverance and determination to find what supports her best is inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Child abuse, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Ableism

lottie1803's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

powerful words from a powerful women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Grief, Drug use, Incest, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Xenophobia

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Tame is a fucking legend! Go Grace 4👀 NB writing style was difficult to follow (it’s often scattered and her thoughts are frequently sidetracked and is a symptom of her autism and ADHD) but I appreciated getting an insight into her nuro-divergent mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Classism, Cursing, Eating disorder, Stalking, Ableism, Body shaming, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship

reed_with_read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Grace Tame's story feels so important.

Stories like hers are important for us to hear.
It's often not the obviously dodgy person who the vulnerable fall victim to.
It's the person who has disguised themselves so well that everyone looks straight past them, making them so much more dangerous.
And their victims so much more vulnerable, as their perpetrator is unknowingly supported in their actions by those around them. 

It is an incredibly brave thing for a person to come forward about SA and SV that they have be subjected to.
I can not commend the bravery of Grace Tame enough.
To not only come forward and tell her story, but to then loudly push for justice for others who have also suffered at the hands of abusers. 

And just like everyone, she has made mistakes, she has had good days and bad.
So, as much as the media likes to try make out that she is moody or rude (that photo of her and Scomo comes to mind), in reality - she is just a human being. 
Doing the best she can. 
Not only to work through her own past trauma, but to help others do so too, and trying to make sure more never need to. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Ableism, and Self harm

stuffinmybrainhole's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

hkas's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Stalking, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Self harm, Mental illness, and Drug use

bonz's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Stalking

b_carlson's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

As a story of an abuse survivor this was phenomenal. It showed how trauma weaves its way through the entirety of our lives experience, it doesn't just happen in one chunk and then we move on. This book showed that Tame exists beyond her trauma and abuse, she is a complex human being who has battled yes but also has amazing people around her which has enabled her to feel real joy as well. I feel this is an important narrative for abuse survivors as it isn't reductive to the worst parts of what's happened to them. 
Tame's voice rings out loud and strong. It is stirring and demands you listen. The book connects dots very well between neurodivergence and the vulnerability it brings and the absolute burden it can be before you know or understand it. 
The only critique I would have is at times it felt a bit like a list of all the people in Tame's life but then again those are the people that have helped make her who she is so in a way they are her story and all deserve a place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia