Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

to drink coffee with a ghost by Amanda Lovelace

8 reviews

el_wheel's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Self harm

kyrstin_p1989's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Amanda does no wrong. I relate to so much of what she writes. This poetry book is no exception. The topics of losing a parent, having a less than ideal mother, changing and growing through your trauma, and loving your sister because she’s a part of everything you’ve ever done and everywhere you’ve ever been resonated with me deeply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Self harm, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Infidelity, Child abuse, Grief, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

amandapaige14's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Gore and Blood

myynverse's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

Amanda explores a topic many people tend to avoid - a mother-and-daughter relationship. She expresses the effects of trauma and grief her mother has caused her, both through her mother's actions and death. The emotion is so raw and vulnerable that it is hard not to understand where her essence draws from.

I think this book would be hard to read if the reader was unable to relate to these topics [read: you probably need mommy issues or motherhood trauma to fully get immersed in it] but I think it is a nice read for anyone. As someone with a rough relationship with her mother (who also has cancer), the book made me feel seen and let me know that there is some sort of universal experience - despite how sad it is to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Self harm, and Child abuse

Minor: Blood, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

mrsmonth's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Death, Sexual assault, Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Grief

lily_sutton's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Grief, Self harm, and Death

boundforinfinity's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

For fans of: Rupi Kaur 

When checking my book-haul from Christmas, I came across this poetry book hidden at the back of a shelf. I hadn't thought much of it in the store: just that the name and the blurb interested me. 

The poetry itself is free verse, and styles itself a lot like Kaur's 'Milk and Honey'. The topic that drew me in: emotional child abuse. The poems delve into the emotional struggle of a child pulled between loving and hating a parent that abuses. The poetry hit a few personal nerves, I had to put it down to get a hot chocolate. 

I love the emotional journey and following the constant inner struggle. I think it perfectly encapsulates the feeling of wanting a parent to be better than they were, and struggling to cope with the intense emotion following a loved one's death.

I am biased: but I appreciate what it stands for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicide, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

lexireadss3's review

fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Self harm, Violence, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Gore and Blood