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Todas mis heridas by Kathleen Glasgow

7 reviews

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

After reading You’d Be Home Now, I knew this was going to be just as good. Turned out it was better. This book was devastatingly beautiful. The characters were full of flaws, some more than others, every person just trying to stay alive the best they could. It was raw and reflective of so many people’s experiences. Beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

hell0fri3nd's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Heartbreaking, but so important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Domestic abuse and Rape

lovesbug787's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It is dark but ends well and is something you might yell at the characters at at times but is really good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

It is intense and can be hard to get through if you have any sort of trauma or mental illness background.

izzyvioletgrace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A very informative and interesting book. Educational about mental illness, drug use and homelessness. Sad yet inspiring to recover 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

Very focused on self harm and drug use, do not read if struggling with these. It could be very triggering.

auteaandtales's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Racism

b0tecia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

i loved this book, did not expect it to be as emotional and raw as it is but it’s my favourite book right now! i loved how real the characters felt even though some of them felt 2d, i liked making up their lives in my head. It would’ve been a 5 but i felt like some very important stuff was glossed over, would’ve liked some consequences!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

dustilane's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Charlie is just a girl in pieces. The only way she knows to help herself is to make herself smaller and cut out the bad. When given a chance to start over fresh, Charlie must face her inner demons and try and make a life for herself out of the little she has. This is a dark, deeply sad novel about self-harm, addiction, abuse, and so much more. Please be sure to look up a full list of trigger warnings before reading!

I don't really know how I feel about this one. As other reviews have mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind when reading this book is fans of Ellen Hopkins would love this. It deals with a broad array of issues, all jampacked into one novel. It can be a bit much, but at the same time I do think it felt much more realistic than a Hopkins novel. Though self-harm is the main focus of the novel, I think what stood out to me was her portrayal of what it's like to live in poverty. That isn't a subject that gets covered much in novels, but in my opinion, Glasgow did a decent job. As for her portrayal of self-harm, I think it was decent and I didn't have much to complain about. The portrayal of the mental facility was a little disturbing. I know not all are great and there are awful people who sometimes end up in positions of power, but it was just a lot. I'm not saying the portrayal was completely inaccurate, I just found it didn't line up with my knowledge and experiences. 

What I appreciate most about this book is that it isn't one of those rose-tinted novels. It's raw and dark and very sobering. It doesn't romanticize addiction or self-harm, it portrays them as they truly are: horrible things that ruin lives, but are not completely inescapable. Though there is hope in the book, it still doesn't make it seem like suddenly everything is okay and magically mental illness / addiction is gone, which I hate when books do that. 

The fatphobia is very present throughout the book and was hard to read. That was a bit much for me as it didn't add anything to the story other than to make fun of fat people. I also do want to warn people who read this that it's very crude in its descriptions when it comes to gross things and food, so just be warned! I personally feel like it makes sense with the writing style and the story itself but I was a little caught off guard as I was expecting a book about self-harm and wasn't prepared for all the other stuff. 

Overall, I definitely got emotional and invested in the story for bits of it, but for the most part I was just kind of eh about it. I think this is something I would have loved when I was 13-15 years old but now I'm out of that phase of reading and it just didn't hit the same. I do hope that whoever does reads this gets the author's intended message. I highly recommend reading the author's note as it gives some insight into why she wrote the book. Self-harm and other forms of addiction are very serious and there are so many misconceptions about it. Don't reduce it to a stereotype, it's a very real thing that so many people deal with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia