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Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho
20 reviews
sarahlovesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death
coolbitch's review
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse
andreatown's review
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse
the_fbc_paris's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Domestic abuse
rosalind's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Violence, Child death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Emotional abuse
bookiecharm's review
4.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, and Domestic abuse
erenreads12's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
introvertinterrupted's review against another edition
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexism and Violence
Minor: Infertility
angelicgay's review
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
clarafoster's review against another edition
5.0
Cho's Inferno reads like the very best kind of literary fiction, made all the more extraordinary for the fact that it's real. The memoir starts inside a psych ward, language stark and methodical, and then shimmers into something rich and resonant as she pieces together different bits of timeline that brought her to where she is now, life and legend overlapping and fusing in ways that shouldn't work but do. [Shoutout, at this point, to whomever made the creative decision to leave chapter headings blank and a fair chunk of pages unnumbered--making the experience of reading look and feel as much like a puzzle as the content itself]. Cho weaves Korean legends, history, and cultural mores throughout the narrative, entwining them expertly with literary references from the western canon and Greek mythology, whilst never losing sight of the (at times terrifyingly) real life she has led or her expert insight into the precise mannerisms and outlooks of those around her. It's a difficult story, but ultimately it's a hopeful and a human one too.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Child abuse