Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

25 reviews

kerriski's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Infidelity, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

georgiasophia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Rape

divinereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual violence, Grief, Self harm, Death of parent, Car accident, Cursing, Sexual assault, Rape, Bullying, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Addiction, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use, Incest, and Terminal illness

madhurireads's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Sexual assault

kvera10's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Infidelity

orlagal's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

sydapel's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

While I understand the intention behind this book and what it's trying to convey, it does so through so narrow of a lens it's downright disrespectful. With a minor exception, these women identify as white, cisgender and heterosexual, with descriptions of sexual desires that only differ in their minutae, and always come back to whatever man they are "in love" with. There's very little attempt to unpack the abuse (mainly emotional, but borderline physical) done to them or the systems of patriarchy that led to this, in favor of in depth descriptions of intimate encounters with, again, one, maybe two guys. It made me both angry and not a good enough woman, which is a new low. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexism, Rape, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Bullying, and Eating disorder

Minor: Racism

edytaworyna's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Fatphobia, Grief, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Rape

bettybabbles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

2.5

I'm just not entirely sure what the point of this was in the end. I liked the women's stories and thought they were nuanced and some complicated parts of my own experience were articulated by them. However, I feel like making this a nonfiction book and suggesting there's something in here about female desire and sexuality and patriarchy meant I was kind of expecting more reflection/engagement/analysis from the author. I appreciate presenting these women without judgement, that's fundamental and important, but it almost feels like this ends up extending to any meaningful thought about the wider implications that the book wants to be engaging with. I don't know. I liked the women's stories I was just not sure what the author wanted me to know about them and ultimately I feel let down by it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Fatphobia, Suicide, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Incest

neelafehla's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism