Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

17 reviews

lewfromthelou's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, War, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

princess_marie's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, War, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Chronic illness, Excrement, Confinement, and Homophobia

dafyddclover's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

This book is so intensely personal and is literally what happened to her, so it's difficult to rate, but I think the quality of the story telling is really inconsistent throughout the book. Despite the efforts to create a through line, it felt like two different books, and ultimately glossed over a lot of what I would have been more interested in about her pist-cult life in favor of relitigating disagreements, telling army stories, and praising the military industrial complex even as she calls it a cult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Islamophobia, Medical content, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Sexism, Abandonment, and Body shaming

bsimmonds's review against another edition

2.0

This story is important, heartbreaking, and worthwhile. Also, the writing is repetitive, with sentences from the previous paragraph repeated in a different word order... throughout the entire book. Somehow, it's still hard to follow despite the constant reminders to the reader. Overall, it's a valuable and unique perspective distracted by the writing itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Confinement, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Medical trauma, Incest, Pregnancy, and War

oriad313's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

azurae's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Ableism, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction and Transphobia

oolymee's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Grief, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, War, Xenophobia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Islamophobia, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

idontread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, War, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abandonment, Cancer, Confinement, Xenophobia, Racism, Addiction, Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Blood, Sexism, Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

amberinbookland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual violence, War, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

marjshopes's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, War, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Islamophobia, Incest, and Torture