Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

In Pieces by Sally Field

6 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

I LOVED this memoir. It felt so incredibly authentic and hard and real and scary. It's definitely not a happy story, but it felt like reading Ms. Field's journals. Truly fuck everyone who made her life so rough. I will definitely want to revisit this one. I think this would be really interesting to analyze from a PTSD and coping mechanisms. And note to self - this was one of the one where all of the annotations disappeared on the Kobo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and War

autumnwallace's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abortion

catherineisa's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pregnancy

chelsss_ann's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

3.0

I felt so uninspired by In Pieces. Even when it came time to create the photo for this review. Nothing felt right because I just didn't connect to this book in any way. That's not to say that Sally Field hasn't had a rough life. There are definitely experiences that she never should have gone through, both in childhood and as an adult. But I just couldn't bring myself to feel any emotion besides boredom with this book.

Actually, I did feel an emotion...anger. Anger at Sally's mother. Especially when she admitted that she knew about the abuse Sally faced as a child. My jaw literally dropped. Yet at the same time I know it was just part of a cycle that had not yet been broken in that family.

While I didn't necessarily enjoy this book, I'm glad I didn't DNF it. I still learned a bit about Sally Field and that's ultimately what this book was about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual violence

ebj3788's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Grief

Minor: Death, Abortion, and Abandonment

pattyreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail