Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres

3 reviews

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Addiction, Rape, Incest, Racism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

The writing is good, but there are far too many detailed descriptions of abuse. As the author is a survivor of indescribable abuse, I understand her need to process this and put it in her book. That being said, it’s too much for me to handle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Fatphobia and Cursing

Minor: Blood

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Rape

Minor: Antisemitism