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carnimdream's review against another edition
3.75
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
frufai's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, and Pregnancy
fink1129's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
solenodon's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Abortion, Vomit, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Racism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Self harm
lauradvb's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Gaslighting, and Death of parent
hannaheiserman's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
remib's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Self harm
Moderate: Death of parent
bookswithbri's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Mental illness
Minor: Child abuse, Racism, Abortion, and Self harm
bookdragon217's review against another edition
5.0
Heart Berries by Terese Mailhot is one of my favorite memoirs I read this year. I read this one back in July and it is only now that I can fully process some of my thoughts and feelings. Mailhot's writing is honest and raw and she holds nothing back. She bares all the ugliness on the pages but still leaves you with a semblance of hope. You're left contemplating about the complexities of the human condition and what it means to love so much that it hurts. You're also left wondering if it is possible to love someone fully when there is so much pain and trauma embedded in their loins.
Mailhot takes you through her battles with mental illness, the history and trauma of Indigenous people, motherhood and longing to be loved. The book reads like an open wound as she picks away at the scabs and scars that are left behind from her trauma. You especially see this in the ways that she speaks directly to the pain she feels of not being seen and loved by her children's father and how that pain almost mirrors "madness".
The writing is absolutely exquisite. I highlighted so many passages that need further introspection. I will definitely reread this one because I feel like it will hit differently every time. What stays with me the most is how she writes about Indigenous women's pain and explains how humanity was born from pain. It is felt on every page. The quote I still think about is: "My people cultivated pain. In the way that god cultivated his garden, with the foresight that he could not contain or protect the life within it. Humanity was born out of pain." She's not afraid to speak about it and boldly calls it out. This book is one that haunts me because of it's unflinching manner and the way it bravely speaks truth to power.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence
slightlysmiling's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Gaslighting