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361 reviews for:
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know about Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
Rachel Louise Snyder
4.52 AVERAGE
361 reviews for:
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know about Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
Rachel Louise Snyder
4.52 AVERAGE
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide
Minor: Cancer
As usual, this topic is harrowing. It is always upsetting and horrifying to read about these women who are being tortured and abused. (Part of the anguish of Dorothy and Michelle's deaths is that it seemed so preventable)
One part I really appreciated was the second part, about the batterers. Why do they behave like this? (Or as Neil Websdale asks, 'why do they stay?') is a question that the second part tries to address. We get a bit of a glimpse into their lives and it's a very sad reality that an environment of poverty, toxic masculinity, and other issues like mental health etc, create a toxic effect on men. One of the examples that sticks with me is Donte (?) who went through the intervention programme and learnt to be better was in situations where aggressiveness and violence were prized and keeps him alive. So he went right back into it.
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Classism
Minus one star for the self indulgent interjections from the author, who is rather privileged. This was very well done, but something from a working class author would have a welcome additional perspective. There's also a section on how a man who committed familicide justifies his continued existence through cheap divine grace, which the author writes off as just how modern Christianity works, instead of the twisted weirdness it is. We don't delve very deep into situations that don't end in homicide, likely because it would be a whole second book, but I'd be interested in hearing from the women (and men, and nonbinary ppl) who lived.
