Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump

4 reviews

mscalls's review

dark informative tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

snd1101's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Antisemitism and Dementia

wocthehell's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

This book is triggering for anyone who grew up with narcissistic parents or experienced being a scapegoat for an extended period of time. Mary L. Trump, her father, and her brother, suffered under Fred Sr. and while this book sheds some light on how Donald Trump came to be, it ultimately is a sad and upsetting read.

Minus one star for a general lack of new material (most of this is public domain spare a handful of personal anecdotes) but four stars for putting the pieces together and finding meaning in the chaos. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

ashleybakerwrites's review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

Since my father's death, Donald has suggested that "they" (meaning he and my grandfather) should have "left" Freddy do what he loved and excelled at (flying) rather than force him to do something he hated and was bad at (real estate). But there's no evidence to suggest that my father lacked the skills to run Trump Management, just as there is non to suggest that Donald had them.

Mary's book reads like an angry older sister, who is pissed on behalf of her country. I really appreciated this. It leads one to understand the idiocies of the 45th President of the United States. I'm sure, when Political Science students have to study our period of time in history, this will be one of the books included. Unfortunate history in the making.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Dementia