Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

14 reviews

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

nmp's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

agwheeler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

Raw, powerful; I enjoyed reading the afterword and understanding more of Mailhot’s writing process. It read quickly, almost urgently - part of my wishes to have tasted the words for longer, but it drew me in and I felt the intensity that the author felt during the moments she was recounting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Incest, Self harm, and Sexual content