Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

6 reviews

josiewik's review

challenging dark slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

miachimochi's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual content, Self harm, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Whew, this book is so so hard, and probably because it's so well-written. I think it's as close to poetry as prose comes. So much research, so much hurt, so much trauma. Incredible. Would read anything Marzano-Lesnevich wrote.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Car accident, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Rape, Addiction, Incest, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, Self harm, and Bullying

If child abuse is not good for you to read about, this is definitely a book to skip. The descriptions are extremely hard.

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Death, and Grief

sorcha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

jennivardier's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence