Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Tung by Kiese Laymon

27 reviews

savvylit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Every now and then, a title truly sums up a book's contents. This is one of the heaviest memoirs I have ever read. Laymon writes with a searing honesty that spares no detail, revealing all of his own flaws and traumatic experiences. Beyond Laymon's unparalleled honesty, this book is also a beautiful tribute to the oft-rocky yet incredibly close relationship that he has with his mother. Despite their difficulties, Laymon's love and gratitude for his mother and her teachings is incredibly apparent throughout Heavy.

Heavy is a beautiful and brutal book that deftly covers so much: life, violence, hunger, poverty, unconditional love, self-destructive behavior, second chances, and - most of all - Black abundance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

clover6872's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Death, Sexual assault, Dementia, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

christynhoover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Wow. What a MANIFESTO. 

Heavy material but the book really moves along and is both excruciatingly honest and hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content

lowbrowhighart's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Transphobia, Vomit, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy

solenodon's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Police brutality, and Alcohol

evagomoore's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

miandrade's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

kayyphan's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

stevie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

lormurenzi's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship