Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster

9 reviews

juanat77's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Medical content, Miscarriage, Infertility, Animal death, Cancer, Death of parent, and Death

honuzbubbles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Grief, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Cancer

Minor: Bullying

blissofalife's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Told through the art and crafts she’s made during the ups and downs throughout her life, she makes beautiful connections to each era and piece throughout.  I appreciated how frequently she would share an experience, and follow it up with her reflection or understanding of it now through therapy and the things she created. Quick read, if you’re crafty you’ll definitely relate.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Terminal illness

She is careful not to go into any details regarding potentially triggering subjects, though they are still mentioned. At no point does she make you relive any traumatic experiences with her.

stefhany's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Cancer, Medical content, and Mental illness

samchase112's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.25

I adore Sutton Foster, mainly for her work with Amy Sherman-Palladino (including Bunheads, so good!!) so when I learned she had a memoir, I was 100% in. This was such an interesting peek into Sutton's life and relationship with those around her, especially her mother. I enjoyed learning about the progression of her career, and how it coincided with the progression of her life. The book felt disjointed at times, especially the beginning, and after reading Cheryl Strayed's memoir, I couldn't help hoping for even more openness and honesty from Sutton (although, of course, that's selfish of me). All in all, I really enjoyed this listen, and highly recommend the audiobook!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

Moderate: Pregnancy, Bullying, and Grief

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Infertility

Minor: Emotional abuse and Grief

rivercat0338's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infertility, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death

reneethebookbird's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Infertility and Grief

katrinaburch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow just wow... This book is fantastic. Now I may be a bit biased because I love Sutton but even if you have no idea who she is or what she's done, this book is really good. I laughed, I cried, I just... Was in awe. I didn't know much of Sutton's life story other than her brother Hunter and her career stuff so these parts of the book were fascinating, heartbreaking, and amazing all at the same time. 

As someone who started crochet to keep my hands busy, i really identified with that part of the book as well. 

Just go read it. It's fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, and Toxic relationship