Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Everything/Nothing/Someone: A Memoir by Alice Carrière

27 reviews

nataliebootlah's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I always question how to rate memoirs. Like, who am I to rate someone’s personal story? It seems others feel similarly.

The majority of Carrière’s life was incredibly hard to read. It certainly did not shy away from childhood neglect, self harm, addiction, paranoia, psychiatric malpractice, self indulgence, and so much more. 

This wasn’t a read most people I know would enjoy. I’m still digesting it. One of my book club friends said that writing this memoir seemed therapeutic for Carrière, but traumatic for readers. That I agree with. Definitely check the trigger warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Pedophilia

tarynstan's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

kimmykelly's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Dementia, Self harm, Suicide, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

emm_glynn's review

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Self harm, Dementia, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction and Adult/minor relationship

https_emerson's review

had some content that was triggering for me personally so i’m unable to finish it as this time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

madisophi's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Beautifully written. A bit difficult at times, the subject matter starts out hard but it is more than worth seeing it out to the end. This is what a memoir should be

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Pedophilia and Death of parent

michellefox's review

dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

A gripping story of mental health and trauma. The narrator lives a life of privilege that is hard to relate to at times, but still worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Self harm

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely incredible memoir. I had never heard of Alice or either of her parents before but was recommended this book by a friend, who knows I love memoirs and hearing stories of people's lives. Getting to hear Alice share herself and her family was magnificent and heartbreaking. Her writing was insightful, funny, poetic, and real. Hearing her narrate it herself brought so much to it as well. Incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Drug use, Blood, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Self harm, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Grief, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Incest, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

beaukaraka's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

A brutally honest reflection of life. I’ve found myself drifting between wildly varying books and this one really made me stop and pause. There’s no doubt that this is a heavy read but there’s something deeply human about it and I love it for that. It adeptly captures the deep intricacies of relationships between people and the long lasting impact they hold for better or worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Incest, and Pedophilia

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

kbweis's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness