Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

84 reviews

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Addiction, Eating disorder, Incest, Pregnancy, and Self harm

dogswithnogs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

Raw and emotional, read trigger warnings especially if you have children

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

carnimdream's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Abortion and Chronic illness

emilyb84's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism

akmatz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

3.25

I don't know if this style is for me. The prose is incredible, and the story, anger, and honesty are important. But the brutal honesty and lack of a sense of Terese as a person almost reads to me as dehumanizing. The substance of the book is difficult, but the voice is uncomfortable.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Incest

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Eating disorder

lureads2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

Beautiful writing, important insights into indigeneity, native womanhood, trauma, and motherhood; but while the book is marketed as an exploration of the author's bipolar disorder and PTSD, the book ended up focusing mainly on the author's many fraught relationships with dissappointing men, which was frustrating to read about. Further, the author's criticisms of the mental health system were often shallow and trite, and fell flat for me. Nonetheless, this book holds stark and devastating revelations about what it means to be an indigenous woman, the experience of trauma and PTSD, the joys and horrors of grappling with Indigenous identity and with motherhood; so overall this is an important and well written book, as long as you are ready to explore these themes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Child abuse

kelsey_kels's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Self harm, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, and Bullying

ifpaint's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Reading this book feels like hearing someone's inner monologue without them knowing. It is genuine and complex. Something I will sit with and think on for a while, I'm sure

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse

malgal471's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

frufai's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Used the English language beautiful. Makes you think about the difference between love and obsession 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, and Pregnancy