Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle Dowd

7 reviews

abijmieds's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Approachable but challenging, Dowd's childlike tone discomforts the reader in light of the dark experiences she shares. A continual reminder of her own youth at the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death

harperphillips96's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

daphnehumming's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

While a dark experience, the book highlights Dowd’s resilience and the skills she learned to survive and connect with nature. The writing is high quality and the story compelling 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Terminal illness

alyssagb's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Panic attacks/disorders

growintogardens's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

erinsampson91's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

chovereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

wowwowowow this book was a wild ride. if you have religious and family trauma, tread carefully. fascinating and beautifully written and well worth the read if you can tolerate it.

the writing style and timeline was a bit confusing, I will say. sometimes it would jump around and I think it was intentional but I wasn’t sure at times where we were in the story. I loved the way she wrote from the POV of her child self — very matter of fact, telling us what she thought, what she was told, not interlacing her freed adult self into the writing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting