Reviews tagging 'Death'

Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming

6 reviews

courteneykenyon's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful, moving, and a story of growth even when the things around stay the same. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, and Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Death of parent, Death, and Mental illness

livlamentloathe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

3.5

Fascinating. And I greatly enjoyed Alan Cumming’s reading of the audiobook. What a chaotic and often dreadful upbringing. And what an incredible parallel between his own life and that of his grandfather. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

samchase112's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Wow, this was a lot. I cannot commend Alan Cumming enough for sharing his story, this story, in such a beautiful way. Hearing his narration as he recounted his traumatic and triumphant memories was an amazing experience, and I’m so glad I listened. There were a few moments, especially at the end and when he shared memories of his grandmother, where he made me cry — justifiably, I think. This was a wonderful memoir, and I highly recommend it to readers even unfamiliar with Cumming himself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Grief

Minor: Transphobia, War, Death of parent, Medical content, and Cancer

whirl's review

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

A very open, honest and emotional book about childhood domestic abuse and the mental health issues following from that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence

sadhbhdunne's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

lou_o_donnell's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Terminal illness