Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse by Jess Hill

31 reviews

kay_soy's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Engaging writing, stacked with an amazing amount of credible evidence backing just about every word. Everyone should read this, it's as simple as that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Death, Suicide, Murder, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, and Gaslighting

e_milyking's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Australian set domestic violence book that investigates the landscape of domestic abuse in the Australian context. Uses key cases and lived experience to inform, and demonstrates key concepts well. A must-read, and a first at illustrating dv in a digestible way for audiences in Australia specifically. Breaks down stereotypes and common misconceptions about domestic and family violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

jojo_m's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

An incredible read, with powerful insights into domestic abuse, the justice system, family violence and patriarchal entitlement. Well researched, comprehensive, challenging and hopeful, this book is a must read for all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Grief, Gaslighting, Violence, Rape, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

happyhobbit1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Very challenging topic and content, but also very important to try to understand and to find a way as a society to recognise domestic abuse, provide adequate resources and support for people affected by domestic abuse, and to learn from the case studies where rates of domestic abuse were significantly decreased following community-led actions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, and Animal death

a_b_hall's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

elliefitz's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Domestic abuse

etty_m's review against another edition

Descriptions of abuse too difficult to continue reading at this time. Very well written book on subject matter though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Rape, Child abuse, and Misogyny

officialgrittynhl's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

One of the best I've read but I wish books like this would use fewer and less graphic descriptions of abuse. Why Does He Do That? gives the most accurate description of living day to day with an abuser that other books forget, including See What You Made Me Do. However, this book looks at solutions more holistically and longterm than anything else I've seen. She chose to focus on exceptions of policing, but left out the 40% figure known of officers despite so much of the book citing the US.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Rape, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Murder, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Colonisation and Forced institutionalization

egwescombe's review

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

It feels wrong to rate this book because of the deeply personal and heartbreaking stories it contains. This book was devastating but told with sensitivity and hope. A must read for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Murder