Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

42 reviews

roozia's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

ginac's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

I don't generally go toward nonfiction books but this one read like a novel. Although it centers around a serious medical condition, it's also just a story about this family. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Medical content

Minor: Rape

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.

bersblue's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Emotional abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Addiction, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Violence, Suicide, Gun violence, Drug use, Death, and Child 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

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

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

God damnit big pharma 

I love how they go through the process of research. Pathway mutations!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Self harm, Incest, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, and Pedophilia

readastorywithtory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, and Child abuse

erinloneill's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Violence, and Sexual violence

joanna's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Grief