Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood

5 reviews

asmei's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

an incredible book. read it in a little under two days, just couldn't tear myself away. 

it is absolutely crazy to me that this is not fiction. it felt like fiction, because of the unhinged things that happen, and the weirdness of it all. while reading i frequently had to remind myself that this is actually a memoir, that a real human being went through these absolutely vile events. my sympathy for alisson wood is endless.

on a more technical note, the book had very short chapters, which i really enjoy. wood's writing style is flowy and keeps you invested. i also liked all of the "breaking the fourth wall" sequences, because they served as a means to entice but also to floor you and once again remind you that this actually happened.

a great book, really.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Alcohol

librarymouse's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Alisson Wood's accounts of her youth and struggles with mental health are incredibly tangible and relatable. The way she writes, weaving the narrative of how she was told to perceive her being groomed by her teacher, with the reality of the situation and the storyline in the novel Lolita make for very engaging storytelling without trivializing the memories and issues she explores. To use Lolita as a lense, framed as a love story, through which to view their relationship and then recommend Alisson go to school for English implies that Nick Norris either profoundly stupid or incredibly vain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

jmcordero's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Grief, and Dysphoria

imrath's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Infidelity, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying and Death