Reviews tagging 'Incest'

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

68 reviews

taymarie6's review

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

I adored this book. Great mix of scientific vignettes and the story of the family. This authors reading style just flows well for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Ableism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug use

julied's review

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

chloemakesbooks's review

emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

caidyn's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

When I picked this book up, I had no clue how compelling it would be. I absolutely couldn't put it down and didn't want to. I read it in less than 24 hours. This is one of those books that's almost too much to be true. Yet it's all entirely true. Six out of ten boys in one family developed schizophrenia, all without there really being a family history of it before them. It's a sad story, but it also shows how times have changed and theories about schizophrenia have morphed over the years. It's an incredibly good book that's woven so well by the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

megancj's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Suicide, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

amelew's review against another edition

emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Rape, Pedophilia, Incest, Toxic relationship, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Drug use, Stalking, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

usedtotheweather's review

dark informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide

sarah15's review against another edition

emotional informative sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Incest

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization

kayladro's review

informative sad slow-paced

4.0

I described this book as Henrietta Lacks meets The Glass Castle. The story of the Galvin family is both fascinating and heartbreaking. The science chapters dispersed throughout were a little lost on me as a non-genomics educated person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Mental illness

lizsmartie13's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

A lot of the science went over my head and I could only keep about six of the kids straight but all-in-all, a very comprehensive and fascinating dive into this family and schizophrenia as a whole.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, Incest, and Physical abuse