Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Third Person by Emma Grove

4 reviews

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

i read this is one sitting, which i wouldn’t recommend because this is a really heavy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

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

loverofeels's review

5.0

a completely engrossing memoir that i couldn't put down despite its length and the repetitive nature of many of the scenes. highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

fish17's review

emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol