Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood

25 reviews

haleybre's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jackieyvette's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.0

What can I say? There are never words that can really cover the way you feel when you read something like this. 
It's raw in a way only women can be. 


Crying score: none

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

sapphotoni's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

leahavak's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

ally_alert's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

lilawsahar's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Alisson reclaims her story with parallels to the classic novel Lolita. My heart hurts for the young girl who was taken advantage of and the wisdom she can glean from it. I have never read Lolita but Alisson does a great job of retelling of the plot and the views of the book throughout her years reading it. Im glad that now she can teach this book as a warning sign to young girls. What a power woman she has become. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Mental illness

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual content

librarymouse's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Alisson Wood's accounts of her youth and struggles with mental health are incredibly tangible and relatable. The way she writes, weaving the narrative of how she was told to perceive her being groomed by her teacher, with the reality of the situation and the storyline in the novel Lolita make for very engaging storytelling without trivializing the memories and issues she explores. To use Lolita as a lense, framed as a love story, through which to view their relationship and then recommend Alisson go to school for English implies that Nick Norris either profoundly stupid or incredibly vain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Body shaming, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

iinasomnia's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Misogyny

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Self harm, and Death