Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

4 reviews

my13s's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.0

I was deeply disappointed and disgusted to learn that a lot of this book was sensationalized and exaggerated for the sake of the author. I also found the author to be glib and incredibly vain. There was literally a reference to how attractive she was/people found her in every chapter (not to mention shallow and mean-spirited judgments on the appearance of others). 
I picked up this book because I thought it would be about important and inspiring AIDS activism. Instead it was an irritating and tedious screed written by someone who managed to make the death of multiple AIDS patients about herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

This book focuses on the work of someone that helped AIDS patients while also being a memoir that includes some upsetting anecdotes from the author's past.

sapphic_alpaca's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Vomit, and Stalking

badbadwolf's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Terminal illness

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

pickashelf's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

Moderate: Medical content and Abandonment