Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

13 reviews

kadinelouise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

the_robyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

msladyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

tlholmes's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Classism

therecoveringbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

jss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

sunflowerwork's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

misslaurenreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

This was just ok to me. Jeanette’s sorry is incredible and interesting but I found her method of storytelling hard to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

I remember reading Jeanette Winterson’s ‘Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit’ when I was 16 or 17 ✨ I never realised, though, the impact it had on Winterson’s life and how almost autobiographical it was! 😳 This book was bold and brave; I felt pangs of pain throughout as she relived her trauma and discussed the terrible things she endured during her childhood.

Her finding Ann (her birth mother) was harrowing in the sense of her having to delve into loss and pain again, but was also heartwarming ❤️ I loved reading about Ann because you could tell Winterson loved her in a different way!

For anyone who’s ever enjoyed ‘Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit’, this is a must! I was in awe after 🏳️‍🌈

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Death of parent

mimsyweretheborogoves's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Racism