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noel_k's review
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Abortion, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy
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
abbyf29's review
5.0
Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, and Addiction
antidietleah's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
iammmartina_'s review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Car accident
Minor: Abortion, Grief, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Outing, Terminal illness, and Cancer
smallfet's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Cancer, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Abortion, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage
emzireads's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence
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
urastrologygf's review
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Cancer
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