Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara

6 reviews

kk_gotit_goinon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book! O'Meara's passion for horror and her love for Millicent are very appearent in her writing. I swear you can almost hear her laugh or cry as you go through the book. 

It goes back and forth between Millicent's life and O'Meara's adventures in researching for this book which I greatly enjoyed. I love when people get inside baseball on things they're passionate about. It helps that both stories are incredibly compelling. 

I also liked how the magic of the film industry was balanced with the many problems pervasive to that and let's be real most other industries: sexism, racism, and ableism. These are all unfortunately alive and well, and we need to shine lights on them to be able to drive them out. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

rtaire's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

mshiiken's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book was magnificent! As someone who grew up a female horror fan, I identified strongly with O'Meara's characterizations of what it's like to be so. Milicent Patrick's story is inspiring and I highly recommend this to anyone who's interested in film history at all!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Misogyny

Minor: Mental illness, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

This is a description of a woman's life who lived and worked in the early 20th century, so there are a lot of gross, misogynistic quotes and behaviors described in the book to illustrate what she had to deal with.

kshertz's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This book is fascinating. What a life to lead in the 1950s. I am not a horror fan, I’ve never even seen the creature from the black lagoon, but this woman’s life was really interesting. It would be higher than a 4 but it was a really slow start. She goes into depth about her parents and it’s not really necessary to the story in terms of how much detail there is. But the research she did and what she uncovered was fascinating. I recommend for anyone who loves horror movies and learning about behind the scenes of movies way back when.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

bradleygiselle's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Upon reread I love this even more! O'Meara is hilarious and so engaging. I devoured the whole book and instantly grabbed her next book Girly Drinks: A Women's History of Drinking even though I don't drink because she's just such a pleasure to read!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

lezzieborden's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship