Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

11 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. 

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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.

taliynmarie's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

A heart-breaking memoir that also brings hope for the future. The author's voice is very evident and I felt so much of my own story as I read his. It is so important to write and publish stories like this - both so others know they are not alone, but also so others understand what their actions do.
I couldn't put this down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

religious trauma

cooper_reads_books's review

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage

orchidd's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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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

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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

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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

diyanosauruss's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Rape

chase_mcl's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Outing, Homophobia, and Rape

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

kirstyreadsthings's review

informative inspiring sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pedophilia

phkodee's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt