Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

13 reviews

moniipeters's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Rape, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

clarabooksit's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

andreahewitt's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book gutted me! So beautifully-written. And also the subject matter was so difficult to write about. But she does it anyway. I will remember this book for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, and Stalking

pjwanders's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

fanchera's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Mental illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

thepassivebookworm's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

nevertheless_she_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I listened to Natasha's memoir and was blown away by her story. Without divulging too much, I will share that Memorial Drive takes us on an emotional ride, navigating racism, abuse and grief. There were memories described that were hard to get through. But they painted an honest look into the complicated dynamics of abusive relationships, and of the author's experience growing up immersed in one.
 Natasha was the United States Poet Laureate for 2 years (2012-2014), and her gift shines through in her writing of tragedy and hope.
 

TW/CW: racism, bullying, mental illness, death of a parent, domestic violence, abuse, true crime

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism

claudianeureads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

reviewsandreadathons's review

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship