Reviews tagging 'Medical content'
Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle Dowd
4 reviews
jackslackofshelfcontrol's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Chronic illness, Ableism, and Suicide attempt
babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
Minor: Cancer
technicolorlady's review against another edition
3.75
Had peak anxiety reading about her hematologic illnesses and the extreme neglect her family had for her then and always. As expected from a religious extremist cult memoir, this is a tough read.
Minor: Sexual assault, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry
chovereads's review against another edition
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.
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Violence