Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma

2 reviews

calliejacob's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

Pleasantly surprised by how accurate the TV series turns out to have portrayed the real Anne Lister. By focusing on the part of Anne’s life that the first season portrays, this is a wonderful introduction to the real Anne before continuing with other biographies that tell more about the parts of her life that weren’t portrayed on screen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Abandonment, Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Chronic illness

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Body horror, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Animal death, Blood, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

emmaward55's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

A beautiful blend of original diary entries and the factual account of Anne Lister's life, this is a perfect introduction to the lesbian icon of early 1800's Britain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Excrement, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Rape, Alcohol, and Vomit

Re: Rape

Spoiler

Anne finds out that someone was pressured into sex, but this is mentioned very briefly and only the once. There are no consequences of this information coming to light.

Re: Excrement

Spoiler

Anne often records her bowel movements and sometimes mentions them if they're relevant to a medical diagnosis.