Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

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

50 reviews

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

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

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

suchsweetsorrow89's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

3.0

while ford speaks about very real matter sin her life with such transparency and intimacy-- memoirs are just not for me. that being said, she writes about the events and feelings that she has throughout her journey of becoming the person she is today in a way where you can really feel it with her. you feel her confusion regarding understanding the abuse and love she received from her mother, her longing to just be felt as a daughter by her father, and her endless search for love and an understanding of herself and the world. not gonna lie, there were parts where i just cried because i related to them heavily. for me, what would have made this book just a bit better was if she leaned more into those feelings, since those were often the strongest parts in the narrative. alternatively, it would have been interesting had she played with the writing style a bit more (there were certainly moments where she did, but i think just a littllleeee more experimental could have really nailed in the emotional aspect of it all). i also think that while the book title is about belonging, there were only few moments in which those themes really came to life for me. really, i give this book a 3.5/5 stars, it wasn't bad!! but memoir writing in this way has just never really done it for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual harassment

st61826's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Miscarriage, Grief, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death

youngblackademic98's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death

Minor: Mental illness

donnique's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Some of the best memoir writing I've ever seen. A perfect encapsulation of a life filled with heartbreak, trauma, and triumph. I cried. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

rorikae's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

'Somebody's Daughter' by Ashley C. Ford is a heartfelt memoir that dives into Ford's relationship with her parents and with herself. 
Ford chronicles her youth through her young adulthood through her relationship with her mother and her father, who was incarcerated during her childhood. Though the story is framed through Ford's relationship with her father and how she came to terms with the crime for which he was imprisoned, it is almost more about her relationship with her own mother and how it has changed through her life. We follow her through school, young loves, going away to school, and growing up through the lens of herself as somebody's daughter.
I have been a fan of Ashley C. Ford's for quite some time. I can't remember the first time I encountered her work but I've listened to her podcasts and interviews with her before so I was excited to delve into her memoir. I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about her life and I think she does a great job of pairing honesty with evocative prose to create an emotionally moving memoir. She reads the audiobook, which I highly recommend, because she has a great voice. An audiobook memoir is that much more personal when the author reads it themself. I also recommend the audiobook because it has an hour long conversation between Ford and Clint Smith about their books, which acts as an epilogue of sorts as we learn more about the writing of the memoir. 
I cannot wait to read what Ford writes next. 'Somebody's Daughter' solidified that she is an author whose work I will be following for years to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming

raynaaskiverr's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Rape

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was really powerful. I'm really glad I read it even if it was really hard at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol and Incest