Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Three Women - Drei Frauen by Lisa Taddeo

114 reviews

tabitha_isabelle's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

devikapha's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

cmvoelkel's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

2.75

I picked up this book years ago but put it down very soon after because I just couldn't get into it. This time I started it as an audiobook whilst waiting for other holds to come in and was immediately captivated by the writing and narration. I fully appreciate writers who can write non-fiction in such a lyrical and engrossing way that it reads like a novel.  Taddeo's writing really hooked me.  That said, nothing else did.  
As someone with a degree in sociology/psychology, I have a real interest in observational and ethnographical research.  This here however, just felt more like voyerism than ethnography and unnecessarily so.  I kept waiting for the big reveal or tie-in at the end, the greater reflections on female desire that the author would use to make sense of or draw value from these (white women's) stories.  There wasn't any.  I am left wondering what the point of this book was and feeling a bit miffed that such great writing went to such a salacious, shallow and short-sighted cause.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, and Death of parent

moraofthestory's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

milliebrierley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

claradpaixao's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Rape, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

holliejoy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

kcreedon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident

onion's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death of parent

katehoward's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

1.0

This book was such a missed oppurtunity. I thought Taddeo was going to use the stories of three women in America as a backdrop to the psychology of desire and how that presents in our patriarchal society, offering analysis and commentary on women's desires. Instead it was just a retelling of three women's sex lives- one of which is a girl who was sexually abused and manipulated by her high school teacher and I do not how I feel about that being included in a story of 'desire'.

If Taddeo took the time to seek out experts, psychologist, or sociologist, to give commentary and analysis would have elevated allowing the reader to gain knowledge about the psychology of desire rather than just stories of other peoples sex lives. For example, if Taddeo brought in a psychologist the specializes in sexual assault or post-traumatic stress disorder to talk about how the trauma of being a victim of pedophilia can echo throughout ones life and the effects in has on desire later in life would have added more substance to the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest