Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel

7 reviews

lucylou's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

3.0

Bechdel’s contentious relationship with her mother  made me feel sad and seen, but the amount of psychoanalysis really made this book drag. I found my eyes glazing over a few times with the amount of quotes and references to psychoanalyst Wincott. Loved all the references to Virginia Woolf!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

A stream of conscious meandering psychoanalysis of Bechdel that mostly focuses on her relationship with her mother and healing. I found it hit a little too close to home for me and my own complicated relationship with my mother and mental health. Though I wish there was more commentary on the psychologist she references rather than just inserting quotes from them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, and Vomit

loverofeels's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

4.25

a lot of the psychology stuff went way over my head, but on the whole a very well-crafted, unflinchingly personal memoir. alison bechdel simply does not miss! i recommend this to people who like their graphic novels wordy and dense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

garynoplastie's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Homophobia

erikavillaignacio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

anniefwrites's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

An interesting deep dive into Bechdel’s relationship with her mother. I think it was a bit too cerebral for me, but I also felt like that was the point; Bechdel attempts to think her way through their relationship rather than feel her way through it, which I think I would have preferred. Still, I always love her art style and raw vulnerability. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Infidelity

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, and Vomit

snappingbats's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Dense with psychology/psychiatry references, with a refreshingly large and sometimes obtuse vocabulary compared to some of the stuff I've read recently. I enjoyed its down-to-earth everyday happenings, described in big words, and the intense analyzation of emotions, abuse & neglect, the processing of that, and the decision to move forward in hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, and Abortion