Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing by Clayton Thomas-Muller

3 reviews

tender_onion's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child death, Racism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Death, Violence, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Classism

knaylor's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Valuable learning about growing up as an urban Indigenous man in Canada.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Genocide, Vomit, Child abuse, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

It looks like a lot of warnings, but it’s critical reading.

ka_ke's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is a must read for anyone who calls themself an Ally of the First Nations, Métis & Inuit peoples.  Clayton paints a brutal picture of what life is like as an Indigenous male trying to survive a colonialist society. It is oddly inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Abandonment and Confinement