Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

22 reviews

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

julieallsen79's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book healed something inside of me. I’m so thankful for these words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Medical content

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Ford's descriptions are cinematic; rarely before have I been so enthralled by the way a writer describes people and emotions. Truly, this memoir is a thoughful and complex picture of Ford's youth and family, and hearing her read it herself made it all the more personal. I felt as though I stepped into some of these scenes and lived beside her. 

I also greatly enjoyed the interview at the end between Ford and Clint Smith; it is always enlightening to hear great writers discuss their craft. (I may listen to that portion again after reading Smith's book, since he discusses his own word in-depth, too.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage

Minor: Cancer, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, and Stalking

Incarceration also comes up a lot, since the author's father is in prison for most of the book.

katyannreads's review

emotional

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Sexual assault

Such a heartbreaking, raw, emotional memoir. Ashley wrote her story perfectly. This one made me super emotional.

becksusername's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Cancer, and Child abuse

gtrue21's review against another edition

challenging

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Medical content, and Physical abuse

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was really powerful. I'm really glad I read it even if it was really hard at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol and Incest

bookworm_leilani's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Medical content

sadieh's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, Grief, Cancer, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

karaswils's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

“I didn’t want anyone to be a villain, and I didn’t want anyone to be a hero or a savior.” This statement perfectly encapsulates the way Ashley C. Ford depicts her most formative and heart-wrenching childhood, adolescent, and young adult experiences in Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir. Everyone in the book gets a fair shake from Ford’s perspective, including her father who served 25 years in prison, and her violent and vivacious mother who raised her. 

The content warnings for this book are about a mile long, but nothing is gratuitous or sensationalized—it is simply honest, and even kind and sympathetic at points. Furthermore, Ford is able to clearly articulate the motivations, perceptions, and disappointments that everyone in the memoir feels, especially her and the people who raised her. But she still keeps her perspective and truth front and center, and thus the love, heartbreak, and truth in her story shine through. 

Ashley C. Ford is an excellent narrator as well as writer. I highly recommend the audio version of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Rape, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Death, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Miscarriage

Minor: Medical content and Fire/Fire injury