Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

25 reviews

amyodell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

mhbloss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Suicide, and Trafficking

Minor: Infidelity and Mental illness

hannahgiven's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

eloise4f995's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

theamandablanco's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Classism

196books's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Rape

Minor: Sexism

mjvanhusen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt

mjscooke's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

In this memoir Silvia Vasquez-Lavado weaves the tail of her expedition to climb My. Everest as a backdrop to exploring the other challenges in her life and her journey to healing and self-confidence. Much like climbing mountains her story is both challenging, adventurous and at times quite dark whilst also being inspiring & hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

ellieturnsthepage's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

shannonigans322's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

To no one's surprise, I read another Mt. Everest memoir. This one is so much more than that. Yes, Silvia was the first woman from Peru to climb Everest, as well as many others of the Seven Summits. Her storytelling, however, goes beyond mountaineering to explore childhood, trauma, family dynamics, a belated coming of age, and more. I highly recommend this, even if you aren't an armchair adrenaline junkie like me. (CW for SA, alcoholism, and general themes of peril)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Sexual assault