Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection by Mimi Zhu

24 reviews

hellsbellsbeepbeep's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Racism

ajasofia's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse

jenna0010's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

I will return to this book often when feeling lost or in need of a reminder of who I am and how love can move us. Mimi Zhu's book is self-reflective at the same time as it looks out to the world and others for guidance on going deep.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

sssaff's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

abbeythomsen's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape, Colonisation, Grief, and Sexual assault

eshdho's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

kakimbrew's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

cojiberries's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

oliviantoinette's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

imcourtneymarie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.5

When I say be not afraid of love, I do not mean that we should rid ourselves of fear, but that we should sit with our fear, and learn to love it, too. I love my entire  embodied being. Instead of pointing a trembling finger at love, I look closely and gently at my fear. I love myself the fulness of my feelings and I do not push myself away when difficult emotions arise… love reveals the truth to us because love is the truth. To be committed to love is to be committed to the infinite life of change. 

There are a great many quotes I could pull from this book that made me weep or my heart sing. There were chapters where I felt the immediate sting of “hey, me too…”. 

While Mimi’s story about abusive X and finding her ability to accept and feel love(d) again, if you’ve ever felt abused or neglected or unloved by anyone that’s “supposed to” love you, you may find strength and closure in Be Not Afraid Of Love. My X is familial and I found myself breathing along and internalizing much of what she said. Chapter 9 about miracles (not just of the religious kind) struck a particular chord. 

I’m very glad I picked this one up. Can’t wait to share it with my therapist 🤪

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism and Colonisation