Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore

21 reviews

matcha_cat's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Classism

Minor: Death, Excrement, and Gaslighting

krysley's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

maidmarianlib's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

Powerful biography of an individual woman but also a lot of context for women's history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bethsbooketlist's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟 This was my first Kate Moore book and I was so impressed! I am getting into my memoirs more in 2022 but I generally struggle with non fiction writing and it's heaviness. But Moore made the writing so light for a heavy subject. Smooth and gripping - I couldn't put it down. This is before I even come to the subject matter - what an amazing woman Elizabeth Packard was! Kate Moore brings these incredible figures to centre stage like she did in Radium Girls (another I want to read) and enlightens us with their power. I was in awe and inspired by her determination, tenacity and resilience to everything thrown at her. The patriarchal society of the time crippled the strength of women - submission was all that mattered. And the lengths her husband and doctor went to in order to silence her was unreal. I am so glad I read her story, and really want to get my hands on The Radium Girls 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

bethbarron's review

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

Wow. Just wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

mmbrown's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Toxic relationship and Sexual harassment

carolynhm's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

jos17's review against another edition

challenging inspiring slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

lpdx's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Torture, Blood, Excrement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis