Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

5 reviews

crystalisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head is beautifully raw and unflinching poetry. Absolutely haunting, and so gorgeous, especially as an audio book read by the author. War. Displacement. Violence. Life as a refugee. Loss after loss, and the resulting pain and addiction and trauma and abuse, the fracturing of family and relationships. The lyrical beauty of the poetry does not diminish its emotional potency.  There were scenes the author described that I couldn't get out of my head, and I had to read something else before I could fall asleep that night. Highly recommended, just take care to check the content warnings, because wow, there's a lot. 

Thank you to Random House and  #NetGalley for a chance to read an advance digital copy of the gorgeous #BlesstheDaughterRaisedbyaVoiceinHerHead 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

hs22's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

A raw, visceral poetry collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and War

rayannotates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

rosalind's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Incest, and Pregnancy

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation