Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

45 reviews

scrappapertiger's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

maxthefish's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I cannot word my love for this book in a proper way. It made me cry and it was intense but I couldn’t stop reading. Even working 10 hour shifts and being in school at the same time I finished it in four days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

butterbrioche's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective

I don't read memoirs often because they aren't my cup of tea but so many people were recommending this book over the body keeps score because the author of that book is abusive and problematic, which foo acknowledges in her memoir. I am so glad that I listened to/read this. Sometimes it was hard to get through but it was so necessarily and I am thankful that I pushed through. What I really liked about this book is the discussion around mental health, abuse, and immigrants/asian cultures. As a Black woman, who knows intimately how taboo talking about mental health and trauma can be in my own community, it is heartening to see other people and their communities bring this to the forefront to discuss because it isn't something that cannot be ignored. It really is inspiring. In the end, I feel that this book helped me understand myself and my own trauma more and for that, I will be forever thankful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Suicide and Violence

megano_oregano's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

smolgalaxybrain's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad

5.0

If I could give this book a 10/5, I would.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Racism and Sexual assault

devyleelee's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Chronic illness and Medical trauma

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

jazmanere's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

alexismc01's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide

ronan_lesh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Death and Rape