Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

What My Mother and I Don't Talk about: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by

24 reviews

catieanason's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

An assortment of heartfelt essays about one’s mother: the good and the bad.  I think through these essays the authors will able to humanize their mothers and situation - especially the ones who grew up in abusive situations, they required taking on the perspective of their mother to write these essays.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was a great collection of stories compiled by authors that are well written and reflective. Anyone that has a good or bad relationship with their mother should read this. It’s not even about mother - child relationships, but the fragile way families can be. It was a great read and may reread in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

kenyahavejoy's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

jennyshelby's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

I was afraid that if i called her, she would talk and it would be too hard for me to love her after that.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

tiffanymmf's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is a heavy read. As with any anthology or collection of essays with multiple authors, some things are going to resonate and others are not. I think there is genuinely something for everyone here, whether your relationship with your mother is good or great or toxic or non-existent. A lot of tough topics are handled very eloquently and it may be tough to get through at times but it’s a worthy read. I’d recommend this to most people, I think you’ll find something that sticks with you for a long time to come. I know I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

aus10england's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.75

Oh, this was profound. All the stories were engaging and poignant. I only wish they were all longer! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Rape

Minor: Death of parent and War

samanthajore's review

4.5

I don't know what I was expecting when I went into this book but whatever I was expecting this book blew away all my expectations. Throughout the different essays multiple authors went into their way of breaking free from the trauma they were put through when they were younger. The different stories all showed different perspectives of how trauma changes people and how it manifests. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

mebarney35's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

3.75

15 essays about the relationship between mother and child. After reading some excerpts online, I was hoping for some advice in this book. While there were some relatable passages, most essays feel like authors getting something off their chest. Over half of the stories deal with very heavy topics (ranging from emotional abuse to rape) and it was sometimes challenging to read. Some of the essays were written better than others. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

its_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Death of parent