Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood

29 reviews

hilsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

Heart breaking, a book that will stay with you for the rest of your life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Gaslighting

asmei's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

peej94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

an incredible book. read it in a little under two days, just couldn't tear myself away. 

it is absolutely crazy to me that this is not fiction. it felt like fiction, because of the unhinged things that happen, and the weirdness of it all. while reading i frequently had to remind myself that this is actually a memoir, that a real human being went through these absolutely vile events. my sympathy for alisson wood is endless.

on a more technical note, the book had very short chapters, which i really enjoy. wood's writing style is flowy and keeps you invested. i also liked all of the "breaking the fourth wall" sequences, because they served as a means to entice but also to floor you and once again remind you that this actually happened.

a great book, really.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Alcohol

haleybre's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

jackieyvette's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.0

What can I say? There are never words that can really cover the way you feel when you read something like this. 
It's raw in a way only women can be. 


Crying score: none

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

sapphotoni's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

leahavak's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

ally_alert's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

lilawsahar's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Alisson reclaims her story with parallels to the classic novel Lolita. My heart hurts for the young girl who was taken advantage of and the wisdom she can glean from it. I have never read Lolita but Alisson does a great job of retelling of the plot and the views of the book throughout her years reading it. Im glad that now she can teach this book as a warning sign to young girls. What a power woman she has become. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Mental illness