Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

11 reviews

mhbloss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

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

Minor: Mental illness and Infidelity

msagerber's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Death, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Mental illness, Racism, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Grief, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Car accident

There are probably more content warnings, but basically it is tough stuff! That being said, I am changed from reading this and so glad I pushed through, it is so incredibly powerful.

theamandablanco's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

196books's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Rape

Minor: Sexism

williamsdebbied's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Trafficking

Moderate: Suicide

michalie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Trafficking, and Pedophilia

allthebooks36's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Alcoholism, Suicide, Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Rape

kateybellew's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Trafficking

k_kiefer's review

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

4.0

I picked this book up because Everest fascinates me. I would love to make it to Base Camp one day and I'm in absolute awe of the men and women to make it to the summit. 
 This book goes so much deeper into Silvia's life and sexual abuse and her reason for becoming the mountaineer that she is. Parts of the book were not easy to read. I cringed many times, sometimes because she went into detail about the abuse and other times because of the choices she made to numb her pain as an adult. But wow, what an incredible story. 
 This one will stick with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide

asealey925's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts