Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation by Camonghne Felix

9 reviews

alltyedup's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

lenaburt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

linnybear's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

3.75

Feels weird to be giving stars to memoir but I guess even the most heartbreaking story can be told in an unbelievable way. I tried my best to not read it as a fiction work, to avoid judging the author as if she was yet another protagonist because no human is truly perfect and it's not a point of memoir as a genre anyways.
What's truly unique in this one is the style, something between prose and poetry, yet it's very raw and honest. I really liked how discalculia is used as a form of expression not only related to disablity to understand mathematics but also to these misunderstandings about the author's mental condition that she experienced throughout her life. It's sort of an allegory of everything that had happened and was miscalculated; her life a system she distrupts by disablity to make right decisions.
I wasn't entirely sold on the form though. It reads quite as a journal that we only get short pieces of, mixed with little 'medical' notes that someone cold write down when they read an article in a science magazine. The Pythagorean snippets had no impact on me whatsoever, I'm not sure what their point was other than causing confusion. I could see the intention of using this form but sometimes it gave me a sense of chaos I wasn't a fan of. 
I think what ultimately stops me from rating it higher is that the contents didn't hit me as much as they probably should have. I couldn't fully emerge in the author's thoughts and resonate with her experiences (but I see lots of potential here!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

bashsbooks's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Such a fascinating book. I will admit, I was drawn in by the cover. I love a book that uses a math motif from someone who struggles with math. So much better than a math motif from someone who is naturally good at it. Also, the understanding of line and space was superb, I felt like it left the reader with a lot of room to digest the writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Blood, and Vomit

brokenbodybitch's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

amberinpieces's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

joyfulfoodie's review

challenging dark inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

This book was not at all what I thought it would be. It is a wild ride of trauma and healing, I feel like I understand a piece of humanity better for having read it, but I was glad it was a short read. I don’t think if I’d fully understood it I would have picked it up, but with the short length and the fast readability it only made sense to finish it and I’m glad I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

shector1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, and Rape

Minor: Blood, Abortion, and Pregnancy

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion