Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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

50 reviews

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

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

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

itstheconnorsbookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

andreabrown's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

blainereads's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

I would probably only recommend reading to this one as an audiobook. While it's a fairly solid memoir, JVN's personality is probably what you've come for, and certainly why you'll stay. The pacing is kind of erratic in the way it jumps around from milestone to milestone; he moves on so quickly from what feel like huge moments that you can't help but feel a little unsatisfied by the lack of reflection. I think this would be an excellent memoir if it were to be written in a few years when he has a little more time to consider how to present his story—it just feels like it was probably rushed to capitalize on the Moment, which fair enough!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Medical content

alishamegan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual assault