Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery by Catherine Gildiner

33 reviews

livcab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity

vickysalem's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Suicide attempt

alleemartin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ali_runs_and_reads's review against another edition

5.0

🎧 Good Morning Monster by Catherine Gildiner

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you’re looking for a compelling non-fiction book, this is it. Catherine Fildiner is a renowned therapist in Canada. In this book she recounts the story of five different patients who changed her life that she considers a hero. Each section of the book follows one patient from the time they enter therapy until they leave, and then a followup when she talked to them about using their story in this book. She goes to great length to conceal identities and maintain her patient’s anonymity. Each story is different. All start out as someone entering therapy who thinks they’re nothing special, but as their story emerges we see they are incredible resilient people. All have been through hell and back and we see how therapy heals them and allows them to grow and live a fulfilling and meaningful life. It made for a great audiobook. These are not easy stories to hear, but all five of her patients truly are heroes. Trigger warnings abound, so proceed with caution. I got this one from the library, but it is also available on Kindle through Kindle Unlimited. I’ve see Good Morning, Monster compared to the book Maybe You Should Talk To Someone, so I’m putting that one on my list. I don’t think I will ever forget the stories in this book. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

kathrynclaire's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Suicide attempt

brittni0122's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

florapants84's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

botanicalprofanity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Colonisation

greatu's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

chupacobbruh's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis