Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

17 reviews

spinesinaline's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

A book I’ve heard great things about. This is a very personal memoir, told by the author after a hospitalization and diagnosis of PTSD and bipolar disorder. Mailhot writes beautifully and painfully, but I do wonder about how personal some memoirs get — I’m assuming her husband would’ve consented to this writing but everything is on display in a very uncomfortable way. I’m certainly not a fan of his after this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

ejhints's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Self harm

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

esmithumland's review against another edition

I knew nothing about this book except for the title, and I was surprised at how painful it was to listen to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

memorable's review

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Unfortunately, I didn’t fully understand everything in this book; however, it is a strong memoir that presents a lot of resilience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia

bookworm_leilani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

annabunce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

3.5

 Woah - I don't think I've ever read a more honest memoir. Terese shares so much of herself. It's an incredible read but I would wait to read until you're feeling emotionally available and not going through something difficult yourself.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Incest, and Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness