Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

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

8 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

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

courto875's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Cancer and War

theqwerty's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

crystijaq's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

dromedaryreader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

courteneykenyon's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful, moving, and a story of growth even when the things around stay the same. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Death of parent

livlamentloathe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

3.5

Fascinating. And I greatly enjoyed Alan Cumming’s reading of the audiobook. What a chaotic and often dreadful upbringing. And what an incredible parallel between his own life and that of his grandfather. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Death of parent