Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Third Person by Emma Grove

16 reviews

kenrya's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

ajaggers324's review

challenging informative mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Addiction

tangleroot_eli's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

A young trans woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder heals a lot of her childhood trauma basically in spite of her therapist, who’s pretty much the worst. Seriously, all new therapists should have to read this book as a handbook for how NOT to therapist.

The art style is simple and highly effective. The repetitive conversations, which might otherwise bug me, here feel necessary to emphasize how much bs Grove’s therapist put her through, and how often. I rooted for Grove the whole way through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Toxic masculinity

aetherkids's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol

magical_sof's review

emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.25

Overall, I think Emma's story is very well written and drawn. Her experiences with healthcare (specifically with receiving mental health care) as a trans person is unfortunately all to common. I feel for her experiences during therapy deeply, and found myself worrying about her (almost) never ending therapeutic relationship with Toby! I enjoyed that part. 

I will say that this book is not an educational book about DID, and I would caution folks reading this book to gain a better understanding of DID, if they have no prior knowledge. I understand there is only so much you an put in a graphic novel, and only so much that you are willing to personally disclose as an author, or even only so much you can remember, but I find the (clinical/practical) explanation and (personal) resolution of DID to be quite fast! I came into this having read several books from those with lived experience, and knowing systems, so I didn't have any issues understanding, but if you have no knowledge, it may be helpful to do a bit of background reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Transphobia, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Dysphoria

whitne_ey's review

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

pipn_t's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Child abuse

hunkydorky's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

internationalreads's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

indeedithappens's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism