Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

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

107 reviews

marigold_faye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Child death

Minor: Terminal illness, Death, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Grief

rachelmarie220's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Pedophilia, Death, and Blood

cpskee's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

4.0

A hard but good read. Speaks to the power a close friend or love can have, the complexities of family, the effects of trauma & how children cope 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

rachelbug's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, and Emotional abuse

becksusername's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Cancer, and Child abuse

bauermeyers's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

wicked_stardust's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

marisa9459's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is so beautiful and painful. I think Ashley does a beautiful job of getting at the nuance and grayness that exists in life & the pain & happiness that comes along with it. I really related to the claustrophobia of home, and the sometimes wonderful but sometimes painful and bad parts of a mother-daughter relationship where there is love but also hurt & trying to make peace with that while continuing to grow. I also really related to the intense need to leave home, but the fear that I didn't have a place in the community (being family or a wider community) but the need and importance of finding my own way. I also related to the fear of something happening to your body being your fault because of how girls were raised and expected to control and prevent the violence boys and men commit against their bodies and the shame that comes with it when that happens. It made me think of the chapter called #Fasttailed girls in Hood feminism and how WOC bodies are over-sexualized and that is blamed on them. 
The way Ashley describes relationships and how the good and bad exists at once is truly beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Emotional abuse

hailhail's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cancer

livtomisser's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed listening to this book, I think reading it would have made it confusing because it is made up of a lot, a lot of stories. The writing was very poetic and at times pretty intense so if raw descriptions of abuse and rape are too much, maybe don’t read this one! The only thing that was not my favorite of this book was that it was supposed to be about the authors relationship with her dad, but he wasn’t really a reaffirming theme in the book and also I sometimes got confused about time periods because sometimes she switches back and forth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Cursing, and Rape