Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
10 reviews
melodyseestrees's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Car accident, and Addiction
clarabooksit's review against another edition
4.75
Foo narrates her journey toward self-discovery and well-being with incredible candor and immersive storytelling. Her writing feels effortless and inclusive: it’s not just her story but an invitation to the reader to join her on her journey.
I loved it. Highly, highly recommend. A favorite of the year, for sure.
Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Addiction, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma
Minor: Death and War
antistic's review
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Rape
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
4.0
The descriptions of the childhood abuse was palpable, sickening, and incredibly sad. Major content warnings for these scenes, please take care while reading.
The relationships with her parents in her adulthood was also fascinating. How she manages to maintain some contact with her father despite how much he hurt her. We do what we must to find mental and physical safety but how much we can crave love from our parents even if we fear them. It's a constant balancing act and so emotionally exhausting.
I don't know very much about psychiatry and psychology so this aspect of the memoir was a bit over my head but I still followed along. She made it pretty easy for non-experts to understand the different kinds of treatment she sought. This memoir is so sad, reading about Foo encountering so many hurdles and struggling to find the light at the end of the tunnel. Knowing that she was well enough to write this memoir, reflecting on her life does little to lessen the second-hand blow of her life story to the reader. It's heavy heavy heavy.
I wish her the best in continuing to heal and understand herself before and after the trauma.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Bullying, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Self harm, Hate crime, Ableism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism
Minor: Body shaming, War, Incest, and Infertility
negative self-talk, bad therapy experiences, victim blaming.stonams's review
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Racism, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and War
kbergsten's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts
faduma's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment
jialianyang's review
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment
lilcoppertop's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Dysphoria, Grief, Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Violence
romancereader's review
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship