Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies

34 reviews

katepar's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

isabellediggle's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

Davies is not just an actor and a comedian but a truly accomplished author, as proven in Just Ignore Him. It is clear that Davies wanted to not only portray his life story, but to do so artfully and with the full emotive spectrum. This book was painful at times, capturing the true raw emotions of shame, anger, grief and betrayal. The subject matter is dark but the strength is blinding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence and Grief

Minor: Homophobia

aimeesbookishlife's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

spudoodles's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

laurajordensharris's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

jaslouis's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I wasn’t sure what to expect but Davies is an excellent writer. He writes with great detail and beauty. I found sometimes it jumped around quite a lot so it made it difficult to follow the timeline but that did not affect the overall message. A brave and raw book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

vicf99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely heartbreaking. Listening to Alan narrate this himself was so devastating that I had to listen to the whole 8.5 hours in one sitting. This book felt a lot like some form of self-therapy and there are many questions posed throughout the book for which he has no answer. This is definitely a book which will stick with me for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

rachel26's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

kjwolfwarrior's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

emily_lane's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

I have a tendency to pick up memiors because I enjoy them, without scoping out the blurb so all I knew when downloading this was it was the funny, charming, clever Alan Davis.

This was a very hard listen, well written, with moments of whimsy amongst the traumatic recollections. It encompasses why you should always, always listen to victims.

Would recommend anyone who's a fan of a memior, who has space to listen to hard topics, or anyone who enjoys Davis' comedy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying