Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television by Louis Theroux

9 reviews

chloelawrence127's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

I really enjoyed getting a behind the scenes look at Louis’s documentaries. The discussion surrounding Jimmy Saville was very interesting and I understand why it was such an integral part of the book. But it was quite a high focus and I feel like that aspect of the book took over a little bit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

fieryfred's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

helhas3letters's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

aoifetriestoread's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

2.0

I wanted so much to enjoy this book as much as I enjoy Louis Theroux’s documentaries, but unfortunately this book is subpar to the television work he puts out. 

Louis Theroux wrote this himself and comes across so terribly throughout. He seems ungrateful for the privilege afforded to him in his early life to be able to play around with his career as much as he did and he seems entirely uncaring in both of his marriages, although I recognise his first marriage was one of convenience rather than desire. 

The behind the scenes secrets from his TV career are fun, a redeeming part of this book, but his constant discussion of Jimmy Savile was a bit much. I didn’t need every second chapter to be reminiscent of time spent with Savile before the allegations. 

Stick to TV Louis.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

merrynthomas's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Dementia, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Classism

susannaobrien's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Overall really enjoyable listen in Louis' own voice. Lots of interesting context for his career and key groups of interest in his documentaries.

As he acknowledges in the bonus material of the audiobook, I would have liked more personal anecdotes as well as work related ones, and the Jimmy Saville content took up more of the book than I expected, but I did generally find it interesting to see how deeply impacted he'd been by this experience and how it seems to have shaped him as a person.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

caitlyn1313's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

erinjulia's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Antisemitism