Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind by Fariha Róisín

23 reviews

marrocke's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Minor: Islamophobia, Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Mental illness

elisabethj200's review

Very intense description of childhood abuse and self hate. Not great for me atm. Was looking for more of a nonfiction deep dive rather than memoir of abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

keatynbergsten's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

warboyziri's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Dysphoria, Self harm, and Mental illness

jazzimcg's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

suzyreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

The title/marketing doesn’t seem to fit perfectly: it is mostly memoir, and many of the chapters had wide titles but took a very narrow approach through Róisín’s own experience with the topic (for example, the chapters on body dysmorphia and IBS). 
But once I got in rhythm with what this book was trying to do, I really appreciated it. Especially the second half (Part III: On Self Care and Part IV: Introduction to Justice).
I’d recommend the audiobook, read by the author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

stephanieridiculous's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

The low rating on this book is a travesty.

This isn't an easy ready per se, but I did find it approachable. Roisin blends her personal story with examination on a larger scale. Her vulnerability is inspiring; inviting you into your own vulnerability as we all tentatively approach a better, more caring world. 

Roisin's story is hard to hear, and while not overly graphic, she is frank about the abuse she endured (physical, emotional, sexual) and doesn't shy away from the realities of other suffering people. She also discusses self harm, and there are a few detailed accounts of it In short: be gentle and patient with yourself while reading. 

I appreciate Roisin's insights into how things are all interconnected, and I particularly appreciated how thorough she is in connecting you to other sources for further exploration. Pulling in so many supporting works really highlighted for me the gravity and nature of the work. My two small critiques would be that 1) I don't know that the description of the book really preps you for the actual format. I was expecting a more systematic review of common/popular/big features of the Wellness Industrial Complex through the four sections, and this wasn't really that. I absolutely loved what it is actually, but I was a little confused as I settled in. 2) Not often, but occasionally, I thought the narrative got a little meander-y. Sometimes it felt like we were getting off track. It wasn't too bad, but it happened here and there. 

I think this is a super worth while book for anyone interested in decolonization, examining capitalism/colonialism, and unraveling the impact of the West.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Self harm, and Emotional abuse

readingfortomorrow's review

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

Not the examination of wellness culture I was looking for but an okay memoir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Incest

ecn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

My heart was cracked open and I felt so seen in some aspects of the author’s relationship to her mother. I now need to read all of her previous work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Chronic illness, Violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexism

stillmuseum's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Child abuse