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Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke
3 reviews
lowbrowhighart's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Big trigger warning for animal cruelty/torture! Part of the book details Harry Harlow's experiments with Rhesus monkeys. Wish I would've known that before reading!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Torture, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Alcoholism, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexism, Hate crime, Death, and Cancer
ka_cam's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
The graphic novel format makes this book go fast, and I think I’d have found it more engaging if I were 1. more actively lonely right now and 2. Less generally familiar with the history/physiology research (so it would be new). At time moving meditation on loneliness but at other times the transitions between personal narrative and research/history felt choppy. Would recommend for anyone interested in loneliness though, since it is so quick to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Animal death, Abandonment, and Alcoholism
Minor: Death, Dementia, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Cancer
apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Death of parent
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