Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford

107 reviews

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Cancer, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Stalking, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gaslighting, Racism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, and Rape

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Rape, Cancer, Mental illness, Misogyny, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual assault

stephmcoakley's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Stalking

helenaeoftroy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

ebassin713's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer

discarded_dust_jacket's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

Wow. Just… wow. It feels weird to “review” someone’s account of their life. This is a deeply gut-wrenching and emotional read, but it’s also full of hope and tenderness and reconciliation. 

Ford’s experiences speak powerfully about being a young woman, growing into a body you’re made to feel is wrong or dirty simply for how others react to it; about the disassociation from and turbulent relationship with that body after sexual assault; about desperately seeking the love and approval of an absent parent; and about so many other things—family, forgiveness, identity. This is such a compelling story in so many ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia

merryfaith's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer

samscha0ticlife's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape

Moderate: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer and Confinement

madelinedalton's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Unfortunately, I had a really hard time focusing when reading this book. I felt like I was missing out on an objectively great memoir, and I wanted so badly to like it. I'm not sure where this personal disconnect came from. 

I also felt as though the central theme of the memoir, hinted by the title, was really lacking in exploration. When Ashley first found out about why her father was imprisoned, she was enraged. And then, a few chapters later, she was all grown up and had a positive experience visiting him in prison for the first time in many years. What happened in between those two emotional states? How did she get there? It just felt a bit jarring to me. I was expecting the memoir to cover her relationship with her father most, but instead, it primarily focused on her relationships with her mother and grandmother. That's all great--there was some interesting stuff in there--but it surprised me given the way she initially set up the book.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse