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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
24 reviews
joanna's review
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness
Minor: Grief
nothingforpomegranted's review against another edition
5.0
This book was phenomenal. I loved every aspect of the story and was equal parts horrified and intrigued by this entire family.
Graphic: Mental illness, Gun violence, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Medical trauma
freethefrican's review
4.0
As someone who is just getting into non-fiction, it’s a little difficult for me to be overly critical as I am just learning what I’m looking for and what I want from the genre. That being said, I don't have a lot of criticism for this book. I enjoyed it. I thought the writing style was pretty good in how it read like non-fiction and I liked that a lot of effort was put into crafting a cohesive story from such a painful experience.
Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Chronic illness
dashes101's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Violence
foreverinastory's review against another edition
4.0
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.
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence
kellyofcali's review
2.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Pedophilia, Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Incest, Grief, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction and Drug use
katielaine_w's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence
jennifer_bush_73's review
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
nickbrown9's review
4.5
Account of the unfathomable experience of the Galvin family, with 6 of 12 children having severe mental illness that developed schizophrenia and other difficulties from high school through their late 20s. The book masterfully weaves the family’s story into an exploration of the history of schizophrenia research since the early 20th century. Moral of the story: normalize therapy, preventative care can work, and most things exist on a spectrum. Definitely worth reading!
Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Violence, and Mental illness
hillarycopsey's review against another edition
3.0
But I wish I had known going in how much of the story was about the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of the kids, particularly the two daughters. This was a lot to spend time with, especially given that by the end of the book, there's not a lot of resolution. This isn't the fault of the author. Science takes a long time, families are complicated, etc. But knowing about the abuse, I wouldn't have picked this up. I could have gotten the gist of the science from book reviews and magazine articles.
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts