Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood

29 reviews

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual content

librarymouse's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Alisson Wood's accounts of her youth and struggles with mental health are incredibly tangible and relatable. The way she writes, weaving the narrative of how she was told to perceive her being groomed by her teacher, with the reality of the situation and the storyline in the novel Lolita make for very engaging storytelling without trivializing the memories and issues she explores. To use Lolita as a lense, framed as a love story, through which to view their relationship and then recommend Alisson go to school for English implies that Nick Norris either profoundly stupid or incredibly vain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

iinasomnia's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Self harm, and Pregnancy

bookwormfr_t0's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful written, painfully sad. Susan Choi wrote the blurb on the front "Being Lolita is an act of redemption".  I couldn't agree more.  Her story was written for her by the teacher, and she re-wrote it in truth.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

lexi_paws_and_pages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

marcia__amelie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.25

 

a raw, agonising & vulnerable exploration of abuse, consent & exploitation. this book was an emotional journey, knowing that this was a real story. that this was somebody’s life. the writing was haunting & lyrical most of the time but there were some aspects that i found a bit too vague. it was deeply uncomfortable reading how the teacher misinterprets the twisted classic “lolita,” to justify his abuse. the last third of the book genuinely made me cry. her adult voice taking over as she realised what she experienced & had to endure was not love was devastating. the scene where she was looking at the old photographs and it dawned on her that she was just a child??? crying. the way wood breaks from nabokov’s narrative structure to rewrite her own story was uplifting & memorable. the strength and courage it must have took to lay your heart bare and tell this story is remarkable. it’s a memoir i believe people should read but please look at the trigger warnings!! this is not an easy read!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

igfromero's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

poptina's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring sad fast-paced

3.75

Hard to get through at times but I loved the ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Once you get past all of those warnings it’s good