Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Not My Father's Son: A Memoir by Alan Cumming

58 reviews

victor_constantine's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Infidelity

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder and Murder

skyturtles's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Gun violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: War

nicolebergeson's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

emmettpatterson's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

miacasey16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent

elg1105's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Grief

jterk221's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I absolutely devoured this book, at least in part because it’s written in such a conversational way. It leaves you with an “I need to sit and think about this for a sec” kind of feeling, which I love so much. Dear young Alan, I wish I could give you a hug. Thank you for sharing such a profound story!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

evawhite's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

maya_moksha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Alan Cumming’s story is powerful, intriguing, and well formatted. 

However, it was hard to tackle in detail,  many of the topics disclosed in the content warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

maddy4prezident's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

This book was a profound recollection of childhood trauma, and an inspiring story of how Alan Cumming and his family grew past—and healed from—the abuse experienced at the hands of his father. Alan Cumming shares his family's story with a very emotionally intelligent and trauma-informed perspective, and he shows the reverberations of childhood abuse into adulthood. The parallels that he draws between his life and his grandfather's life are also exceptional, and his "present day" storyline offers the perfect framework with which to share his past. Overall, I would absolutely recommend this book to others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Alcohol