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jayisreading's review
2.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Death, Transphobia, and Suicide
flissbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Racism, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Child abuse
larajgriff1's review against another edition
3.0
However, I cannot fault the author for the book not being what I hoped. It is written very well and does make some good points about how these moments and artists affect us. Though in the middle of the book she seems to be "existential crisis-ing" in circles and it doesn't feel like there is momentum again until the last few chapters.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, Racism, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abortion, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Rape, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
this is a book about people who do terrible things. It is hard to avoid anything, but I did skip a full chapter because I was so uncomfortable with the crimes of an artist.bookaholics_anonymous's review against another edition
Minor: Rape, Transphobia, and Incest
katymaryreads's review against another edition
5.0
A fascinating read that I will re-visit in the not too distant future.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Transphobia, Alcoholism, and Child abuse
danimacuk's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism and Suicide
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism
Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Physical abuse
badmom's review against another edition
5.0
Despite its rich breadth & depth, this study flows beautifully and offers valuable insights in its trek to answers.
Graphic: Sexual content and Rape
Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Pedophilia, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Transphobia
cpalmerpatel's review against another edition
I'm not entirely sure who's the intended audience for this book. Other film critics? Or maybe her usual audience? ie the people that turn to film critics as the authority on whether a film is good or bad. She drops in names of people without explaining 1) why they're famous and 2) what they've done that was monstrous, assuming you already know and it leaves you turning to google to fill in the gaps. When she discusses a film, she talks about characters and setting in a way that assumes that everyone has seen it and appreciates it's "genius". I'm not convinced that any work of art can be described as "genius" and it left me with the feeling that the author wrote the entire book in order to justify why she continues to love her favourite movies even though the men creating them were rapists.
She also focused more on men and when the discussion turned to women it centred on the classic dillemma of the working mother trying to balance mum mode with work mode, except exasperated here because art ("real art"?) isn't "work" but a madness or passion.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual harassment, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Incest
Moderate: Genocide, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexism, and Transphobia