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kirstym25's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism
bailey_the_bookworm's review against another edition
4.75
The seismology metaphor woven through the book and the grappling with privilege, oppression, and the messy relationship between the two—all of it is just so good.
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Violence
brogan7's review
Yet, by parts, an irritation factor: even as she acknowledges her privilege, she often doesn't see it.
And, overall, an intense tale of a dysfunctional family, and a world, yes, of fault lines, divisions, cracks in the cohesive whole.
Some of it feels like essays, a certain overly self-conscious presentation of events or thoughts.
Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual assault
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol
thebowandthebook's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Slavery, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Rape, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Genocide, Cancer, Alcohol, and Classism
just_one_more_paige's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Colonisation, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Cancer, Sexual assault, Bullying, Alcohol, and Violence
Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Infidelity
lindsayerin's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: War
keeganrb's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Cancer
Minor: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, and Genocide
randisworld's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Sexual content
pineapplesunshine's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Cancer, Alcohol, and Death
vaniavela's review against another edition
4.0
Aftershocks is told in a non-linear narrative, moving forward and backward in time and place, showing us how her life fell apart. You can read each chapter as an individual product, and link them together at the end, without a problem.
The author uses earthquakes as a metaphor for her life, dealing with mental health issues growing up. With her mother's abandonment and her father's death, her world collapsed.
The writing is also powerful in its own way, portraying racism, colorism, grief and mental illness in a particular way.
This is a memoir that will move you!
CW:
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Grief
Moderate: Racism, Cancer, Homophobia
Minor: Eating disorder, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Racism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Genocide