Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

78 reviews

beejoy's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I read this book in two days. I underlined and flagged so many sections. I could not put it down. Stephanie Foo’s writing voice is stunning. I feel like I learned more about complex and trauma and healing from this book than I have from any Psych book or therapy. I already know I will come back to her words many, many times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

sdin94's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

bambooboy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, War, and Classism

Minor: Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

geminisoul's review

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

5.0

I don't know that I have ever related to a book more than I did this one. There were times when the author seemed to be describing exactly how I feel or react to something. While this was a tough read for me and made me cry more then a few times it also gave me so much hope and insight. If I could rate it more then 5 stars I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

crystalisreading's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Transformative book,  for both the author,  and any reader open to what she is telling us. Highly likely to be triggering to anyone with cptsd. I had to set it down and take a break multiple  times. But I also learned so much,  about myself and about others.  the audio version is well-done too. Foo works in radio and podcasts, and you can tell.  Hugest recommendation! just please check content warnings first.

Thank you to #NetGalley and Ballantine Books for an advance copy of #WhatMyBonesKnow by Stephanie Foo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, and War

thatmellokid's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

alysereadsbooks's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

One of my favorite books of this year. This book is such a raw, vulnerable, and beautiful examination of mental health and trauma.  

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Grief, and Toxic friendship

awoolnerd's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

I listened to this audiobook which is narrated by the author and includes recordings of therapy sessions. I highly recommend listening to this rather than reading it, but any way is good. Also don’t take all of her own truths or “facts” to heart and explore more recent articles on CPTSD if you are feeling hopeless. This is an incredibly moving and powerful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting

kw_masters's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I really liked this book. It was encouraging, helpful, and informative without making me feel bad about myself, which medical books on ptsd/cptsd tend to do as they lack experience and empathy. I just wish I had a physical copy to keep my notes.  Library problems!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

_readerfromtheblacklagoon_'s review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic