Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore

21 reviews

beklovesbooks's review against another edition

5.0

Just excellent. Ties together well. Humorous and intense. I feel we really know the author through her vulnerability and style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War, Gaslighting, Cancer, Death of parent, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Suicide, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Alcohol, and Child death

vireogirl's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Infertility, Sexism, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

steelepath's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

sby's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity

judeisapriest's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

wordyanchorite's review

challenging funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

The writing in this book is uneven. The first half, Moore's childhood, reads with the unrelenting humor and speed of a folksy Aaron Sorkin. In the second half, Moore's journey into adulthood and ministry, that voice is all but lost, and the detail turns into a bare accounting of events. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

danimcthomas's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Incest, and Mental illness

laurareadsagain's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Racism, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Grief, and Misogyny

fkshg8465's review

emotional medium-paced

2.0

Several friends had read it and connected with it. I did not. I don’t mind religion being a central theme of a book, especially a memoir, but a good chunk of it was more evangelism and less self-reflection. It was annoying. It felt like she was using the book as a way to get converts. It wasn’t until far into the book that there was any compelling content for me (will leave out why so as to avoid spoilers).

I did enjoy her references to places in and around Houston since I’ve got lots of emotional ties and memories in them all, but I was surprised she left out any references to Harvey because it was such a big moment in recent Houston history. Even if she wasn’t personally affected, everyone in Houston knows at least one person who was, and it was a big deal to all of us. It’s like writing a book about the early 2000s in NYC and leaving out 9/11. 

She’s gone through some tough stuff. I hope the rest of her life is a little easier.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Death, and Death of parent

tamara_joy's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Incest, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Dementia, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Medical content