Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making by Jared Yates Sexton

3 reviews

liketherobot5's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

barefootbetsy's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

pichu0331's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

A great read on the dissection of what it means to be a “man”. The personal aspects of this book are by far my favorite, and I hope I enjoy the author’s other books as well!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt