Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller

32 reviews

internationalreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This was a compelling, honest look at life with chronic illness. I felt seen and heard as a person with a disability while I read Miller's recounts of her life. This book gave me a lot to reflect on in my own experiences and beliefs about (dis)ability and a meaningful life with a chronic condition, while also validating me for the fears and emotions I experience. 

If you are chronically ill or disabled, I especially recommend this book to you.

This being said, please note the trigger warnings as this book may be difficult to read for some people. Miller discusses the abuse she experienced from her alcoholic father and drug-addicted ex-boyfriend, the nitty gritty of Crohn's (including detailed references to excrement, blood and vomit), medical trauma and ableism of many kinds, and sexual assault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia and Racism

gracegeeks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Vomit, Excrement, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

sierrascha's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

rhia_a's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

4.0

As someone who has been chronically ill from a young age but had it go from mostly functional to mostly incapacitating in the last few years, this was a relateable read... sadly. I feel seen now but if the book had existed a few years back in my darkest times, I would have found it cathartic, oddly comforting and informative (it still is those things) - it could have led to easier 'aha' moments along the grieving process. I wish the author well on her journey and hope that it's an easier ride for her from here on out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Sexual assault

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

kb_sherman's review against another edition

I like the concept, but it’s just too difficult for me to read right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Excrement, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault

imstephtacular's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Classism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Excrement, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Self harm, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Miscarriage

kateph's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit

dramaqueentears's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.5

I really tried but I couldn’t finish this. I had a hard time with the format. It was a memoir but also self-help at times. Tessa Miller is not an expert, unfortunately, so I’m not really interested in what she has to say about my mental health or how to find a good therapist. The best parts were her speaking honestly about her UC and Crohn’s Disease but even those moments were scattered with quotes, statistics, and footnotes. Needless to say, there was no reason for an appendix. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault