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The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker
7 reviews
quibiee's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment
ms_gouldbourne's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
lovejasmine's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence
Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
khristy's review against another edition
4.75
Profundity: so so so much useful information. I probably need to read this again, but overall the message is to listen to your hind brain, quit worrying about unlikely risks, and here are some super useful tips for stalkers. Oh, and we need to protect our children better.
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Those are all touched on in his example stories.sassmistress's review against another edition
4.5
There are a few things I would take with a grain of salt, such as the interview questions (and reliance on "intuition") that are likely to result in ablist hiring decisions. The heavy focus on intuition, with all the examples given, likely creates some survivorship bias ("I had a bad feeling about x, and then something happened" may leave out all the times nothing happened).
There is a good section on spotting risk factors for DV, and for that reason I may recommend it for teenagers.
I didn't enjoy the chapter on assassination, as it has more of a "true crime" bent and was less applicable, but many people enjoy that sort of content.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cannibalism
luminifera's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
It's literally a book about perceiving signs of imminent danger/violence. It discusses many heavy themes.kelsea's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship