Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tung by Kiese Laymon

19 reviews

orireading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Car accident, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, and Sexual content

evagomoore's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Adult/minor relationship

littleonepaige's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

An absolutely incredible memoir. Wow. Just wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Body shaming, Mental illness, Racism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Addiction, and Physical abuse

stevie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I had originally heard of this book and Kiese through a recent episode of This American Life, and heard of his struggles with weight which intrigued me.
  
As someone with weight issues myself, I found this memoir to be eye opening on not just Kiese's weight but also on a number of POC issues, more than what I've experienced as mixed race.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Mental illness and Racism

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Bullying

moraofthestory's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Mental illness

readalongwithnat's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely 100% recommend listening to this on audio. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

allanahrolph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

thechiaraface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

 This book is exquisitely written. It is moving, heart-wrenching, brutally honest, and immensely thought-provoking. This memoir explores so many things: race in America, power, poverty, our inheritances (literally and figuratively/emotionally/spiritually), self-regard/love/respect, intersectionality, relationship dynamics in families and in society, the weight of secrets and shame, and so much more. This book does not shy away from the hard things, it drives in deep. While I am not who this book was written for, it still resonated strongly with me. I woke up one morning thinking about this book during the week I was reading this - that is highly unusual for me and a true sign of how impactful this book was to me. I HIGHLY recommend this book. Also, note this book has numerous content warnings, so please look those up before reading if needed/wanted and as always please take care of yourself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts