Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming

9 reviews

lilpunkboi's review against another edition

challenging dark funny inspiring medium-paced

4.0

A moving story about generational trauma, accepting and healing from childhood abuse, and finding reflections of yourself in generations since passed. Alan does a great job bouncing between what lighthearted stories he's able to tell, and the darker more emotional parts of his past, as well as the past of his father and grandfather. Cried more than once, but I really appreciate the openness and honesty of his story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, War, and Mental illness

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

theqwerty's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Bullying, and Physical abuse

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

mitrabird2010's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide

julied's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer and Suicide

laurenleigh's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I discovered this on a Pride reading list, though Cumming’s queerness was really never a topic of conversation here. It’s a great example of an LGBTQIA2S+ book that doesn’t center on sexuality. Instead, Cumming focuses on his family and all the discoveries he made at age 45. Partly this is an important memoir about living through an abusive parent’s rage, and the other part is like a mystery novel. Cumming went on that show “Who Do You Think You Are” to learn about his heritage, and throughout that process, he probably gained more insight than he bargained for. It was a really interesting exploration of what it means to be family, and how our roots shape who we grow up to be. Or maybe our beginnings have no effect whatsoever on our middles and end, if we make that conscious choice. All in all, it was a great read made even more amazing by Cumming’s narration. I could listen to his Scottish accent all day!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide

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

nicmgray's review

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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