Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Over the Top: My Story by Jonathan Van Ness

19 reviews

johannab's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

acupoftea16's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book is a wonderful example of queer representation and coming of age. JVN inspires through their down-to-watch reflection of their past, and is extremely honest with readers from page one. I was hesitant to read/listen to this book, but I’m really glad I did. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

musicthatis's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

caseythereader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

caitlinsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Medical content

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

It feels wrong to give this a rating. This memoir is raw and at times confronting as well as being the bright, inspiring JVN you might have seen on Gay of Thrones or Queer Eye. This is a truly vulnerable vision of his life and all its trauma and triumph. 
The audiobook experience was lovely, it sort of feels like you're having a chat. I love that when faced with sharing a particularly difficult part of his life story there is an interlude consisting of a report he wrote as a child. It is an incredible book but there is a lot of pain in here so I'm sure JVN would be ok with me saying, if the discussions of childhood sexual abuse, addiction, self-destructive behaviour or disordered eating are triggering for you it is not just ok but important that you practice self-love and don't retraumatise yourself through this story. 

It is fantastic and well worth the read. Thank you Jonathan Van Ness for sharing your story and I hope that it proved that yes, your fans will still love you if they see all your parts.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Medical content

skienight's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

emikate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Jonathan Van Ness is funny, inspiring, kind and loving. However, he has also suffered tremendously and this book was to educate people about his experiences to make them less stigmatised and to show others in similar situations that they are not alone.
Jonathan has a great way of intertwining challenging subjects with hilarious and kind-hearted humour. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

The book contains Jonathan's account about his experience contracting HIV and how that affected him having grown up during the aids crisis. It also mentions him numbing and intentionally inflicting suffering by going to sex houses