Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

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

4 reviews

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

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.

tracey1981's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Bullying, Child death, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Genocide

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