Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden

12 reviews

tordoffgrace's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse

khakipantsofsex's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Self harm

mscalls's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

poenaestante's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I'll be honest that I read this book because it is a peek into the life of a family I already know quite well. That said, it still ended up being pretty jawdroppingly shocking. I know it's autobiographical but it just felt like an onslaught of tragedy. Too much bad stuff happened and it didn't feel like much of anyone was redeemed. It's real life, I know, but quite a bummer to read. Not sure what I am supposed to take away from people being so tremendously horrible to each other and themselves. Heart break. I guess the win is T Kira grew up and got a book deal...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

horizonous's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

betsygrace's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

jackelz's review

challenging emotional reflective

T Kira Madden was born to a single Chinese, Kānaka Maoli (Hawaiian) mother and a Jewish father who was married to someone else at the time. Even though her father divorced his first wife and married Madden's mother when the author was still quite young, he was absent from her life — hence the title, which also nods to the death of her father in early 2016. Both of Madden's parents were, in fact, absent in different ways throughout her youth, largely due to addiction. 

 

She stood out in her private school and was bullied for her appearance; she was the horse girl who had a back brace, headgear, braces; she was called "Kinky Chinky,” and she lived in extravagance with her designer shoe-brand name. 

 At times the stories seem random, and the book wasn’t formatted like a traditional memoir. There isn’t much of a lesson to learn from her experiences, but I understood her longing for connection. Her childhood was absolutely wild, and me being the same age as her, there was a lot that felt familiar. 

 

Madden holds nothing back in these pages. It's a story about trauma and forgiveness, reckoning with her queer and biracial identity, about families of blood and affinity. Part 3 was my favorite and I could read a book just about that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

shewantsthediction's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

aleesquer's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail