Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

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

4 reviews

mrmike5686's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

fkshg8465's review against another edition

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

beklovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The author is such an excellent storyteller,  gifted with words, so you can feel everything with her without it being graphic. So much truth, tragedy, trauma, raw, honesty, faith & hope.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Sexism

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, and Vomit