Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

25 reviews

lexiperplexi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

27chickpeas's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

3.5

A powerful book! It started off really strong with some incredible essays. As the book went on, the essays became a littler harder to read due to their content and structure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

shewasreadergrl's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was heartbreaking and heart broken. Beautiful, honest prose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

akgrantmatz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

3.25

I don't know if this style is for me. The prose is incredible, and the story, anger, and honesty are important. But the brutal honesty and lack of a sense of Terese as a person almost reads to me as dehumanizing. The substance of the book is difficult, but the voice is uncomfortable.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

lexiefolkerts's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

I did not know anything about this book before starting and after reading a few pages I feared I wouldn’t like it because it seemed too distant from my reality. I was wrong. Although I haven’t lived the same life as Terese or endured the same traumas, there were so many ways in which I connected to her story. This book had so many good quotes to pull from that I felt drawn to and raised emotion out of me. I would recommend this book to anyone that’s had an imperfect romantic relationship with a man. This book also delved into childhood trauma, childhood SA, grief, bipolar, suicidal thoughts, love, and heart break. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

mgsl's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

eegred's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual violence

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jordansmoot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

aprilhinkle's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

3.75

Painful but important. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

sillysausagezj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Colonisation

Minor: Abortion