Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones

24 reviews

susannah_knox's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

3.5

I LOVED listening to this on audio, but be warned she only uses the written book as a jumping off point and as a result it is quite long.  There were some parts at the end I didn't need but otherwise this was so great.  Surprise highlight for me was hearing about her playing high school and college basketball.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

heatherboddy's review against another edition

challenging funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

alegnaze's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.75

this audiobook was amazing. i couldn’t imagine reading without her off script commentary. leslie jones is so motherfucking real and this book reminds you of that. she’s faces so much from childhood, to adulthood, to trying to get into the industry, and then being in the industry!!!! she speaks truly so eloquently on the struggles of being a women. i loved this. also her tangent about the hemorrhoids is causing me to add the body horror tag because oh my god. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, and Abortion

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Death of parent

maryellen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racial slurs, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

upnorth's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

If you love her comedy, you can hear her voice as you read. A tough early life and a role model for persistent hustle driven by confidence in her own talents d skills.  It's amazing to see a performer of her level finally make it in her 40s! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

moniqueadcock's review

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

rachaelwho's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This was so great. Highly recommend the audio because she's not just reading what she wrote, she's telling the story. She cries, she laughs- mostly laughs, though there is some real pain here. It's so candid and you really get a sense of her as a person. I'm not a "super fan" of her work that I've seen (I say this just to n te that you don't need to be too like this book), nor do I usually choose memoirs or biographies, but always thought she seemed delightful, and she really, really is, and just a brilliant, fierce person. It starts to meander a bit as it reaches the more current phases of her life and kind of petered out at the end. But most of the book is SO interesting and she is so funny and heartfelt. A must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty and Abortion

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

shannan1773's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault