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rhdj's review against another edition
2.0
Autrice che è molto orgogliosa della sua scrittura lirica e sperimentale; che però evidentemente ha adoperato in altri libri, a meno che il bel vocabolario di cui sopra e qualche paragrafo senza punteggiatura siano da considerarsi scrittura lirica e/o sperimentale.
È un memoir, dunque non vorrei giudicare troppo i contenuti, ma una cosa mi sento di dirla: Yuknavitch mi sembra il tipo di persona che mi auguro di non incontrare mai nella vita. Non per quello che racconta in sé, ma per la sua totale mancanza di empatia e il suo rifiuto di prendersi la responsabilità delle proprie azioni. Non so che idea di sé volesse dare scrivendo questo libro, ma quello che ne ho tratto io è una conferma del fatto che la sofferenza non ti rende automaticamente una persona profonda o buona, né una brava autrice.
Unica nota positiva è che la parte iniziale sulla figlia e i momenti in cui ricorda l’ultimo saluto alla madre sono commoventi seppur sempre, beninteso, senza alcun valore letterario. Ho letto trafiletti che mi hanno suscitato la medesima reazione emotiva.
Graphic: Child abuse, Abortion, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Incest, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Terminal illness, Cursing, and Drug abuse
carlomartinez__'s review
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Incest, and Cancer
oracleofsyd's review
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, and Miscarriage
calcijade's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Death of parent, and Incest
soberdionis's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Child death, Sexual content, Incest, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy
designy808's review against another edition
5.0
yuknavitch's memoir was unpredictable, traumatic, and reflective, all while being heartbreakingly poetic.
i have no words. she made us feel her emotions. the graphic descriptions of her experiences, and the ways in which she self sabotaged as a result of her childhood trauma was surreal.
read this book, but please PLEASE be careful. it is very heavy and personally, i found it a little triggering.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Grief, and Addiction
Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug abuse
Minor: Suicide attempt and Cultural appropriation
rbrano's review
5.0
Lots of trigger warnings should be listed, but I’ll just say that if you have any deep trauma, basically anything at all save perhaps personal experience with combat and war, you should proceed with caution. Personally I found it very healing to hear about a girl whose lives experience aligns so closely with mine as a child. It helped me to be angry and scared and helpless with her. It was deeply validating, especially to watch her stumble through adulthood after all of those years without the foundation that should have been built for her as a child.
This book was inspiring without being ham-fisted, tragic without being melodramatic, heartbreaking without being hopeless, and above all, an artistic expression of a woman who should have never made it to where she did but did anyway.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Child death, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Car accident, Grief, Incest, and Physical abuse
brooklynbcobb's review
5.0
Moderate: Incest, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence
edamamebean's review
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Outing, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Incest, Grief, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Car accident, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Abortion
djschnitzer's review
Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Suicide attempt