Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott

4 reviews

brogan7's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

A friend of mine recommended this book, and it feels very personal.  Even describing what it was about is quite personal, like you might focus on different aspects of the story.
It's about Helen Knott losing her mother to cancer and shortly afterwards, her grandmother to dementia.  It's about grieving and learning and letting go of what once was, not just her foremothers but how she related to the world, what she took on, etc.
I like that she talks about uncertainty and how to meet it, though I feel that she is still quite attached to certainty, even as she supposedly embraces being uncertain.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Racism, and Sexual violence

kchin's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A powerful memoir on what it means to be a strong woman. It's heartbreaking, hopeful, beautiful, and everything in between. A love letter to all my strong women out there, you are not alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

joyful_patatas's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Racism, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

heyitssones's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Colonisation