Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming

9 reviews

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

I listened to a podcast interview with Cumming where he talked briefly about his career and life which made me want to learn more about him, and listen to his voice more.

Cumming had a very difficult childhood which made this a heartbreaking and tragic read at times. This book is about his journey to healing and learning about his family’s history. Listening to the audio version was like sitting and catching up with a friend you haven’t seen in awhile 🩷 Also as I kind of touched on, his accent is lovely to listen to!

A few of his stories or the way he talked about his experiences as an actor made me laugh, making for a not completely emotional/dark read. I loooved his passion for Eurovision and could very much relate (he put into words exactly how I think of the event). Overall I’d highly recommend if you enjoy celebrity memoirs or stories of healing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, and Death of parent

saoirsewolfe's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Suicide

courto875's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: War and Cancer

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

antimony27's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Grief

laveena's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Violence, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

moneyispizza's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Gun violence

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