Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran

5 reviews

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely loved this. Extremely relatable on so many levels. 
There are some content/trigger warnings to be aware of but nothing extremely graphic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

sirhcybe's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

Phuc had a troubled childhood with an abusive father and lots of racism and bullying directed his way. So it's no wonder he was an angry, punk  troublemaker as a teenager. I live near the town where he grew up and he's pretty hard on it.  The book ends with him finally achieving his longed for goal of getting out of Carlisle and going to college so we never quite see him mature into the teacher he becomes or find out if he ever reconciles with his parents, which made the book feel inconclusive to me. I also didn't personally relate to his teenage troubles and I don't particularly enjoy reading stories about other people's sad lives. Finally, while generally well written, it did annoy me occasionally that Phuc writes like he's trying to get high school English teachers to assign his book because it has so many good SAT vocabulary words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

modzu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and War

mandkips's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Sexual content, and Violence

hamohero's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Violence