Reviews tagging 'Racism'

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

69 reviews

martieliz's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Racism, and Chronic illness

Minor: War and Suicidal thoughts

arrowsbooks's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Racism

kaynova's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Medical content, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

livreads4fun's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Racism

alex1's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Racism, Bullying, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

vicjp's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Hate crime

gabhopesreads's review against another edition

5.0

This is the best memoir I've ever read. It's so well-written, phenomenal on audio and one of my favorites this year so far. I loved the narration, plus the included audios of her therapy sessions. I loved how she went into details about history, hers and forgotten history, erased history. I loved how it felt like I was put under a microscope and dissected, but in actuality she was explaining her C-PTSD. At the end, the message of hope mirrored my own that I was lucky enough to find years ago. I wish I'd read this sooner, when I'd been drowning in my diagnosis. But the thing with C-PTSD is it's always there, so this will be helpful to read at any point in my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racism, Grief, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Car accident, and Bullying

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

vincci's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism

klueneburg's review

challenging dark emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Mental illness, Abandonment, Violence, and Racism