Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

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

3 reviews

vk124's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

2.75

I struggled to complete this, largely due to the subject matter. I found Foo's experiences to be deeply difficult.  Like Foo, I had heard research on what happens to those who inherit trauma or experience long-term trauma, with regard to higher chances for disease and shortened life. It all felt bleak and dismal. The most hope comes in the later chapters. Here, paths to healing are listed. Additionally, Foo describes her reactions to the Covid pandémica, for which her CPTSD left her highly equipped. I felt some relief to know it wasn't all doom and gloom.

If you do not care for strong language, this may not be the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug use and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Mental illness, Kidnapping, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

maybezed's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

5.0

Incredible book. It made me cry and laugh. It surprised me. It helped me. 

I’ve read a lot of books about trauma and healing, but this is among the best. Hearing the snippets of conversations with her therapist were revelatory. 

It was hopeful and honest. I am so thankful to the author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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