Reviews tagging 'Death'

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

53 reviews

cghegan's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

sunbearbeam's review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Death

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

Very informative and interesting! Definitely hard to read at times and dry.

CWs: Ableism, blood, child abuse, child death, death, death of parents, drug use, fire/fire injury, gaslighting, grief, gun violence, incest, mental illness (bipolar), murder, physical abuse, pregnancy, rape, schizophrenia/psychosis, sexual assault, self-harm, suicide attempt, suicide, terminal illness, violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

kellyofcali's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

2.5

This is a fascinating look at mental illness and schizophrenia based around a single family's experience - the author clearly did a lot of research, and it's truly informative. At times, it does feel a bit long/repetitive, but if you are interested in (and not triggered by) mental health it's a good nonfiction read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Sexism, Terminal illness, Dementia, Medical trauma, Abortion, and War

katielaine_w's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lbock317's review

dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death and Death of parent

kat_e81's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lolita's review

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Pedophilia