Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee

4 reviews

barefootsierra's review

emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Blood, Sexual assault, Violence, Outing, Pedophilia, Dysphoria, and Grief

saskiahill's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Death, Child abuse, Blood, and Grief

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Sexism, Transphobia, Medical content, Blood, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Addiction, and Drug abuse

emfass's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was a Family Book Club read, suggested by my youngest sibling. I'm not sure I ever would have picked it up on my own, but wow. Wow wow wow. This is a wondrous, vulnerable, thought-provoking exploration of gender, masculinity, violence, loss, and self-actualization. Highly highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Violence, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood and Transphobia