Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, by T Kira Madden

3 reviews

cranedphoenix's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

This is very much a "all the trigger warnings" very seriously kind of book but it's a really good read nonetheless

The last chapter of the book was honestly my favorite part especially with it going back and forth between her and her mom's timeline

I don't have much to say besides READ. THIS. BOOK. Anyone wants a suggestion for a good memoir to read this is it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Alcoholism, Bullying, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Sexism, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Death of parent

betsygrace's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was a really interesting memoir. Madden reflects on her identity, her childhood and the instability of her family life in such a raw and honest way. She tells her story through essays and fragments rather than a linear narrative. I sometimes wasn't completely sure where a chapter was going but the writing is fantastic and always kept me hooked. While I tend to prefer memoirs with a more traditionally cohesive narrative, the conclusion of this was really powerful and brought the rest of it together for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship