Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

39 reviews

rhubarbpi3's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was so well written. I feel like it’s hard to find people who are curious about themselves and the world in the same way as Foo, and I really appreciated her authorial voice and the content which she wrote about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jburkespraker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Not sure what to add as a trigger warning because there a so many. I loved the short chapters and the way she pulls the audio recordings in at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

lestatsoul's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Colonisation

alex1's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

wow, this is such a necessary read. while there are some dark personal moments, they are coupled with informative commentary. also, i really recommend the audiobook because their are audio clips from the authors therapy sessions which i thought added a lot. please check content warnings!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

gabhopesreads's review against another edition

5.0

This is the best memoir I've ever read. It's so well-written, phenomenal on audio and one of my favorites this year so far. I loved the narration, plus the included audios of her therapy sessions. I loved how she went into details about history, hers and forgotten history, erased history. I loved how it felt like I was put under a microscope and dissected, but in actuality she was explaining her C-PTSD. At the end, the message of hope mirrored my own that I was lucky enough to find years ago. I wish I'd read this sooner, when I'd been drowning in my diagnosis. But the thing with C-PTSD is it's always there, so this will be helpful to read at any point in my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

angela_iseli's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

librabby's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Abandonment

4leisurely_reading4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

madeleinebay's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Deportation

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Rape, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Deportation