Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden

5 reviews

jarku's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexism, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, and Terminal illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

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

horizonous's review

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

◦ Alcohol = inlc. underage drinking
◦ Sexual assault = especially in the chapter "The Feels of Love"

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

 - Am I the last queer person on earth to read LONG LIVE THE TRIBE OF FATHERLESS GIRLS? Maybe. Am I glad I finally did it? My goodness, yes.
- This book is incredible. Madden is detailing some horrific events, and yet this book is so tender, both toward her younger self and her family.
- At first I wasn't sure about the vignette style of storytelling, with all the jumping around in time. I'm glad I stuck with it, though, because the way Madden's story unwinds at the end of the book is spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Gore, Medical content, Pregnancy, Violence, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Ableism, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Vomit

jourdanicus's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow wow wow. I don't usually give star ratings to memoirs because it feels unfair but this book deserves all the stars, plus I need a way to mark it to stand out from others I've read this year. Because it did, does, and will stand out. I was so emotionally moved and cried so hard through some parts of this book. The parts about finding long lost family members really touched me because I've had similar experiences.

The quality, tone, vocabulary of the writing here... It's just so good. I heard someone else (on a podcast probably) describe T Kira Madden's writing as lyrical and I can't disagree. This was such a powerful read for me and I'm sure I'll come back to thinking about it for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Abandonment