Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by

43 reviews

minaegg's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

4.75

Very vulnerable and heavy read with difficult subject matter. The book is still beautiful and uplifting, with some lovely humor. Jonathan shows that despite experiencing trauma and adversity, we all have the capacity to heal and thrive. Ultimately his story is about learning to love yourself and to forgive yourself, to care for yourself, to know that you matter, always. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Eating disorder, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

rcsreads's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Bullying, and Drug use

asummrox's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Sexual content, Death, and Eating disorder

alexandrias_library's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Drug abuse

streberkatze's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Drug use

angryglitterwitch's review against another edition

5.0

This incredible book made me feel so seen that I'm taking it to show my therapist this afternoon. Can't really offer higher praise than that!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Child abuse

omissacat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

JVN does a wonderful job of portraying his life in an upbeat tone, even when dealing with difficult topics. 

Only dropped the rating by one star because his writing imitates that of a straight white cis man writing a teen girl in the early 2010s and it got on my tits a bit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Mental illness

readbyshelley's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Blood, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

andreabrown's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, Addiction, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Child abuse

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

What a brilliant book! I appreciate JVN so much and have adored watching their growth through Instagram and Queer Eye. When I saw their book being sold at Kinokuniya, I knew I had to try it. Although heartbreaking in parts, there were also so many heartwarming moments and I am so happy to have given it a go. Two of my favourite quotes are below:

‘Refine what you already have - don’t change it at its core.’

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‘As scary as this can be I want you to know that no matter how broken you feel, and how seemingly unlikely it is, we are never too broken to heal.’ 🥰

I also applaud him for being so open about his HIV+ diagnosis and also about the sexual abuse he endured. It’s challenging for anyone to discuss let alone write about 😫

I’d definitely recommend it to fans of JVN 🥳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Death, Addiction, and Homophobia