Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch

9 reviews

florunia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

No nie podobała mi się po prostu, nie czytało mi się przyjemnie, uwierała mnie przez większość treści. I jak rozumiem skąd takie zachowanie w młodości, to nie potrafiłam się z nią utożsamić. Nie wiem czy to bardziej brak podobnych doświadczeń czy może jakiś niedobór mojej emapatii. To jest chyba mój ogólny problem z nonfiction - ja wolę czytać treści gdzie lubię bohaterów, a tu autorki polubić nie zdołałam.

Ale to też nie tak że tylko hejtuję, podobała mi się metafora(? jak nazwać ten zabieg?) z wodą. Nie przeszkadzała mi dosłowność czy wulgarność, niech wyraża się jak czuje! I mam nadzieję że to poczucie spełnienia które czuć na koniec już z nią zostanie. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Miscarriage

iammmartina_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Grief, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Outing, Terminal illness, and Cancer

emzireads's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness and Suicide attempt

smallfet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Cancer, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Abortion, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

rbrano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Really fantastic deep-dive into the mind of a woman who existed until she learned how to live. Deeply relatable at times, deeply harrowing at other times, in one moment downright unforgivable even with all of the context provided, and yet I walk away from the book feeling understood. 

Lots of trigger warnings should be listed, but I’ll just say that if you have any deep trauma, basically anything at all save perhaps personal experience with combat and war, you should proceed with caution. Personally I found it very healing to hear about a girl whose lives experience aligns so closely with mine as a child. It helped me to be angry and scared and helpless with her. It was deeply validating, especially to watch her stumble through adulthood after all of those years without the foundation that should have been built for her as a child.

This book was inspiring without being ham-fisted, tragic without being melodramatic, heartbreaking without being hopeless, and above all, an artistic expression of a woman who should have never made it to where she did but did anyway.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Child death, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Car accident, Grief, Incest, and Physical abuse

urastrologygf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Cancer

edamamebean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Outing, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Incest, Grief, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Car accident, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Abortion

viaviaggi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Racial slurs, Addiction, Miscarriage, Car accident, Child abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault and Self harm

jovana's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction and Cursing