Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

My Body Keeps Your Secrets by Lucia Osborne-Crowley

12 reviews

sighclopss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

lapuce1006's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide

northamerica's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexism, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Vomit, Abortion, Biphobia, Misogyny, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Cancer, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Grief

silvergiraffe17's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Self harm

racheybee77's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Big trigger warnings for anything rape/sexual assault, eating disorders and mental health.

realisticreader1's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

This book is amazing. Please, everyone read it. This book was a profound exploration of what it means to be a woman in the context of vulnerability, romantic love, self acceptance, and becoming truly visible to those around us and most importantly ourselves. This book vocalised so many feelings and thoughts I didn’t know how to express. I feel seen in a tragically beautiful way. 

*I don’t rate non-fiction books*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

iamivypark's review against another edition

The content is really heavy! I was finding it challenging and upsetting to read the stories in the book, they are disturbing and so many horrible things have happened to the individuals interviewed for the book. Not something I could finish at this point in time as it was impacting my mental health 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

busybusyreading_asako's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 “Shame is the glue that holds the false world together.”

This book is a tapestry of Osbourne-Crowley’s own experience with abuse, chronic illness, and disordered eating - as well as those of more than 100 women and non-binary people that she interviewed for this project. She treads with extreme respect and care to the stories she tells, and the result is a book that is eye-opening, highly emotional, and somehow also compulsively readable.

This was such an ambitious concept and it was so well executed. The breadth, depth, and variety of research undertaken was incredible - a combination of classic and contemporary fiction and non fiction, as well as scientific texts were referenced to create a rich and diverse backdrop for stories of the female and nonbinary experience with trauma, abuse, and the body’s reckoning.

By the way, I don’t think I’ve ever read a Non Fiction book that referenced Fiction books… Have you?? I really enjoyed little ‘aha’ moments when a book I’d read was mentioned, which usually doesn’t happen in Non Fic! Some examples are Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Dept of Speculation, Conversations with Friends, and The Crane Wife. I found these references quite refreshing and made some aspects of this text particularly accessible and relatable.

I honestly can’t recommend this highly enough. It’s heavy but readable, and so necessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Eating disorder

megabookdork's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

A difficult read and very personal account of the author and her interviewees' experiences around trauma and their bodies. Make sure you are comfortable with detailed descriptions of abuse before tackling this book. Having said that, I felt like its last two chapters are full of hope for the future... Very well constructed and an excellent ending for such a hard topic to cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

meganmagicmusings's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Medical content

Moderate: Transphobia, Racism, and Abortion