Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Suostumus by Vanessa Springora

10 reviews

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

• I found this book for a discounted price and had to pick it up because 1) lately I’ve been loving memoirs and 2) it’s blurbed by the author of My Dark Vanessa which is one of my favorite books.

• I was mesmerized by the writing from the first page and I quickly fell in love with the author’s words.

• This is such an important book that explores the topic of “daddy issues” and the children affected by it. The children that end up feeling unloved and have no parental figure to guide them in their lives and how that desperation for attention leads to bad situations and bad people.

• I already knew going into this that it would be a heartbreaking read but some things were just absolutely revolting. It made it even more difficult to read about knowing that this was a real thing. The horrific people mentioned in this book were real.

• I saw some criticism on the writing of this book and people that claimed that it was too “flowery” but I absolutely loved it. It possibly has to do with the fact that I myself write in a “flowery” style but I love purple prose and I’m a sucker for a good metaphor and & unique imagery so it wasn’t a problem for me at all.

• I’d highly recommend this to anyone that loved My Dark Vanessa or is looking for a book with beautiful writing and a lot of lessons to learn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Drug use, Eating disorder, Violence, and Alcohol

lhulmes19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Suicide

noolesmooles's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Springora's memoir is simultaneously the reclamation of her narrative and, as the New York Times put it, "a Molotov cocktail flung in the face of the French establishment, a work of dazzling and highly controlled fury." I read it in a single sitting, I simply couldn't put it down. I honestly struggle with out to amply describe here what it is about this book that is so powerful, so I'd simply advise that you pick it up and see. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Abandonment and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Eating disorder

mirunasimona's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

maddy_paddy07's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Beautiful and inspiring, springora has an incredible grasp on language and tells her story incredibly. Her words not only survive but thrive with the translation that so often renders books unreadable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Neglect

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

The quality of the writing is not what you should pay attention to in this book. It's not bad, but it could be better, yes, but how hard must it be to write a book like this, even after all this time. And as much as I am usually an advocate for good writing, I don't think an editor should change a book like this beyond recognition. The hardest part for me to read this book, has been the consent that society gave to this abuser. People who are absolutely against cancel culture and are fighting for separating the art from the artist should read this book, because in here you can find the downside of it and the consequences this has for the victims. Springora gives them a convincing voice. And she herself decided to speak up, after the famous author who has been her abuser, has been honoured for his work with a national prize. Also hard to read are the parts when she still thinks about, how this "relationship" could have been different. It is not her fault at all and I'm not judging her for that, it only shows how fundamentally you are changed by being a crime like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

horizonous's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

◦ Mental illness = Depression, psychosis, PTSD
◦ Sexual violence = Ephebophilia, grooming, statutory rape [at least since 2021, before that there wasn't an age of consent in place in france, having sex with a minor could be prosecuted but carried much lighter penalties than rape]

alien0r's review against another edition

informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse

vidoc's review against another edition

emotional informative tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Un témoignage puissant qui tente de recoller les morceaux d'une adolescence détruite