Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

5 reviews

charlatte_lee's review against another edition

Asserts that ADHD is caused by processed food, pollution, and sexual assault, with no acknowledgement that ADHD is a congenital condition. Also uses the term "disease" to describe ADHD. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia

twirl's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide

juliatindell's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was a truly terrific book. Well-researched, compelling writing, a clear arc and call to action. I highly recommend this to anyone!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Discussion of climate crisis/disaster

niteowl137's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Overall, I thought this was a valuable read. I liked how the author incorporated his own experiences when discussing the limits of “digital detox” and highlighting that phone addiction and social media is a systemic issue and not an individual failure. I do feel like some of the proposed solutions are too idealistic (“ban surveillance capitalism”? Good luck with that) and I agree with some other reviews  that the treatment of ADHD could have been better-I agree that environment plays a role, but as someone who has benefited from psych meds, I can’t say fixing the environment is a magic bullet (assuming it’s possible in the first place). Still, I found this an important read and I plan to keep it in mind as I work on realigning my focus and reclaiming my time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, and Sexual assault

camoo3032's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

There's a quote from this book: "a digital detox is not the solution, for the same reason that wearing a gas mask for two days of the week outside is the answer for pollution." It seems to me that when people think of poor attention, we think of social media and how it affects us, that's certainly what I thought going into this book. However, Johann Hari thoughtfully explains how attention difficulties are the consequences of multiple societal issues. What's happening to our attention is a far more alarming crisis than I ever expected

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Police brutality, Rape, Homophobia, Racism, Classism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Violence, Slavery, Sexual content, Murder, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis