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Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'
The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back by Kate Moore, Kate Moore
4 reviews
znvisser's review against another edition
3.5
In one of the many tidbits after the actual story the author elaborates on how she intentionally added "reveals for dramatic purposes". I wish she didn't, because those were my biggest annoyance about this book; the reveal method made me distrusting of her as a storyteller, ruining my reading experience at times. I don't mind myself a surprise or twist, but I do mind reading for tens of pages and made believe explicitly one way, only to be consequently patronized with a "the joke's on you because meanwhile everything else was different!" That's just a waste of words and there certainly are more elegant ways to achieve mystery or suspense. In fact in this case, I think the plot was entertaining enough in itself and didn't require the manipulation applied at all.Â
Elizabeth was a very interesting character, both intellectually and socially, but I couldn't understand how those two things interacted. How did such a brilliant woman keep making the mistake of trusting the same villains again and again? Afterwards I'm still curious if that paradox was a narrative choice as well, or her actual character. Because I do believe Moore did her research elaborately, I may have to believe the latter. All in all, in between the manipulating I did enjoy reading this story and getting an insight in this piece of history I had no prior knowledge of. Radium Girls has also been on my radar, and I've seen reviewers with similar objections to this book appreciating that one nevertheless (but also some same complaints), so we'll see if I might still pick that up in the future.
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Excrement, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, and Torture
Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
stardustmelody's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Chronic illness, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Rape, and Suicide
Minor: War, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Racism, Excrement, Xenophobia, and Vomit
laurenkimoto's review against another edition
4.0
And we hate men
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, and Forced institutionalization
carolynhm's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting
Minor: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Medical content