Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee

38 reviews

samfictiondistilling's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

What an absolutely devastating but truly important book. There is something about how Bri Lee writes that is like reading a letter from a friend. She is so open and honest about things that most people would bottle up inside in the fear that they may be judged but the importance of speaking about and reading these emotions is monumentuous.
This will be one of those books that I think back on in years to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Rape

luciaeve's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

alycedawn's review

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, and Sexism

miaj_99's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Suicide, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Rape

alexandramillar's review

challenging medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder and Domestic abuse

iesharuby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

3.5

the courage of bri lee to make the choices she did consistently for personal and community justice no matter how difficult is something i do not want to diminish in the slightest. i stand with her as an abuse survivor and thank her for her candour. however, the lack of acknowledgement for her privilege and at times true judgement of those in both country australia and Aboriginal communities was quite upsetting. her inexperience with intersectionality unfortunately drew me away from the book in many aspects, but i am glad i read it nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexism

sarah16's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual assault

jessietn's review

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Heavy, well-written and eye-opening. I mean, I know the justice system is terrible for survivors, but I had no idea just how widespread sex abuse (and child sex abuse) is in Australia. It was very interesting to read about from a legal perspective, and as someone who grew up in Brisbane at the same time as the author, I felt connected to her and her story.

I do wish that she had explored more into the interaction between sexual assault and wider cultural issues affecting women and girls (e.g. socialisation, hidden pressures and emotional labour), as trauma does not always result from one isolated incident.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Body shaming, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder

izzy_t01's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Vomit, and Child abuse

madisonbrooke08's review

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Eating disorder