Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Le Consentement by Vanessa Springora

15 reviews

bbblomst's review

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

woolfism's review

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Stalking, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Misogyny

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

• I found this book for a discounted price and had to pick it up because 1) lately I’ve been loving memoirs and 2) it’s blurbed by the author of My Dark Vanessa which is one of my favorite books.

• I was mesmerized by the writing from the first page and I quickly fell in love with the author’s words.

• This is such an important book that explores the topic of “daddy issues” and the children affected by it. The children that end up feeling unloved and have no parental figure to guide them in their lives and how that desperation for attention leads to bad situations and bad people.

• I already knew going into this that it would be a heartbreaking read but some things were just absolutely revolting. It made it even more difficult to read about knowing that this was a real thing. The horrific people mentioned in this book were real.

• I saw some criticism on the writing of this book and people that claimed that it was too “flowery” but I absolutely loved it. It possibly has to do with the fact that I myself write in a “flowery” style but I love purple prose and I’m a sucker for a good metaphor and & unique imagery so it wasn’t a problem for me at all.

• I’d highly recommend this to anyone that loved My Dark Vanessa or is looking for a book with beautiful writing and a lot of lessons to learn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Drug use, Eating disorder, Violence, and Alcohol

theasbookworld's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

anoveldestination's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

3.5

A moving story and a compelling case for both holding famous people accountable and for enforcing the age of consent. The prose is very straightforward and the book moves through time quickly, which builds a strong argument for the conclusion of the book, but ultimately the writing style just wasn't my favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Drug use, and Drug abuse

sadgrrrlreads's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

perfection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Eating disorder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

noolesmooles's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Springora's memoir is simultaneously the reclamation of her narrative and, as the New York Times put it, "a Molotov cocktail flung in the face of the French establishment, a work of dazzling and highly controlled fury." I read it in a single sitting, I simply couldn't put it down. I honestly struggle with out to amply describe here what it is about this book that is so powerful, so I'd simply advise that you pick it up and see. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Abandonment and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Eating disorder

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment and Eating disorder

tess_lanham's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

The development from the perspective of V as a girl with specks of authoritative intrusion in the form of reflection, into the opposite is seamless. Even in the form of a non-fiction memoir, I still felt a clear distinction of G as (ironically) a 'character' which comes with a new set of disgusted emotions at how emotionally connected she was to him that she could portray him in such an effective manner. I find that when she wants to, her writing can be deeply expressive and beautiful and if she ever wrote a fictitious narrative I would read it at the first available opportunity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Eating disorder