Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

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

15 reviews

haileyeh's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion

bparkinson31's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, and Incest

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, and Violence

te_ss_i's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

aeriecircus's review against another edition

informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Child abuse, Incest, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Gun violence, Confinement, and Physical abuse

megan_ergle's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Murder, Abandonment, and Chronic illness

flowchelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

joanna's review against another edition

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

brigitte's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

This real story is in. sane. And I wish the whole family had had access to better resources far earlier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Abandonment

pkledgrape's review

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Incest, Violence, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment

iamnita's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

This book is heavy in the science of schizophrenia/ science generally. It’s broken down really nicely (especially for someone as arts-oriented as I am). I knocked off a star only because the beginning had me breaking out of the story often to confirm who was and wasn’t effected (I kept a cheat sheet nearby when reading) and also confirming what happened before and after other events. Once the chapters got largely chronological I appreciated the family names, highlighted to delineate who was being discussed. A real solid read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment