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sasshq's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Medical content, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Blood, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Sexism, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Torture
Minor: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Grief, Genocide, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Stalking, Dementia, and Medical content
samcsmith's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Violence
Moderate: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
satsumaorange's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture
Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Miscarriage, and Stalking
If you are reading these content warnings and are concerned about non-consensual sexual content:dlsmk's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Grief, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, and Gun violence
cpersin's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness
Minor: Dementia
iinasomnia's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Cursing
Minor: War, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Dementia
squarahreads's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Misogyny, Car accident, Violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Death, and Racial slurs
Minor: Dementia
scripturient's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny
Moderate: Medical content, Body shaming, Antisemitism, Racism, and Gun violence
Minor: Dementia, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Animal cruelty
leefox's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Car accident, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Child abuse
Moderate: Classism and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Miscarriage, Animal death, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny
charley0796's review against another edition
4.5
Going into this book, it was marketed as a story of anti-establishment and mainstream education, all about Tara’s journey to educating and learning. What i wasn’t expecting were the graphic accounts of abuse by her brother and severe gaslighting that altered her memories and left her full of self-doubt many decades later. However, these are no where near as graphic as with other memories I have read and I have come to expect this. I will not mark down for people disclosing their story - but the blurb could definitely be more accurate.
Much of the book is about her inner battles, though how she overcame her self doubt and depression and what she learnt from counselling are missing. I would also have liked to learn more about what she is doing now and her family relationships.
As a therapist myself, this book really shows the way gaslighting and abuse victims remain stuck in their cycle, through the abuser slowly taking away all escape routes (i.e. financial dependence, threat of ostracising, physical threats etc). It also shows how schizophrenia or other forms of delusions can be seen through the eyes of the beholder, as absolute and as a need to share their beliefs. It was so saddening to see how much her father followed his delusions, though due to his likely psychosis, there’s no way he could have believed anything different without therapeutic or medical intervention.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Animal death
Minor: Emotional abuse, Dementia, and Domestic abuse