Reviews tagging 'Incest'

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

68 reviews

slrudisill's review

emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

thechocolatefinger's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

I read this for Psychology and it was very interesting book - with many studies and theories named.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

Moderate: Self harm, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide

The acts of rape/sexual assault to a child sibling were described, but not in too much detail, and in only a couple chapters. Everything is in 3rd person. The death of parent is described and talked about (like going to the funeral), but the death itself wasn’t described very in-detail and it was a natural death. There was also religious delusions (believing self to be God, and believing God was sending them a message). The school shootings was mentioned once, and a specific event wasn’t discussed.

librarymouse's review

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was really interesting, though I often had trouble keeping track of the brothers because there was so many of them. I believe I've seen Margaret Galvin Johnson's art before, which I wasn't expecting when I started reading the book. Some of the research being done seems to be almost a positive spin on previous methods that had been used by the eugenics movement. This is very interesting take on reflecting on both the impact of mental illness and its treatments, and the human side of living through and coming out on the other side of trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, and Suicide attempt

with_discipline's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.25

Easy read of a hard subject in terms of narrative writing. Pretty difficult out in terms of reading about peoples’ awful experiences. Not for the faint, but a great deep dive. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Incest, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

ashlieed's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

thealyson's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Rape

jmbz38's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Incest, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Suicide attempt

vibrantglow's review

challenging dark informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Incest, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

flowchelle's review

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

realpteradactyl's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse