Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley

4 reviews

brassmonkey's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.25

Less of a memoir, more of a series of disjointed essays that fail to deliver a cohesive narrative. Still a beautifully written and gut wrenching piece. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Racism

Minor: Cursing, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

An instance of bestialiy was described.

orchidd's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Homophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Addiction

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Drug use

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Outing

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Miscarriage, Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Ableism, Abandonment, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

zaraha's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit