Reviews tagging 'Death'

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

27 reviews

raine_forest_cafe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I feel like I say this about every memoir I read (and finish) but quite possibly one of the most impactful books I've read. Mestyanek Young has full control over her story and expertly weaves it with commentary from her current insights. The epilogue was beautiful and I'll be thinking about it for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

charliemaigne's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hilaryanne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ajnagle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rkanderton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Sensational in every way. I am almost lost for words. I saw a review once that said a lot of people have incredible stories, but not everyone can write an incredible story. Daniella exceeds at sharing her life story in an informative yet enthralling way without oversharing that which deserves to remain private. She expertly uses her own life experience to analyse, draw comparison and critique group behaviour and psychology. Her story is harrowing in every way, but most striking is her conviction in herself from such a young age. It may not have been her intention, but to me this is a story of resilience. For someone to have experienced abuse on the level that she has but has been able to still trust and act on her own judgement is astonishing. I absolutely am in awe of this woman, she is the definition of inspiring and I cannot wait to read all her future work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

stevia333k's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense

4.5

I found out about the author via her tiktok account knitting cult lady 

I want it first known i read only the part about the army because I've been encountering a lot of microaggressions lately over the military & i didn't have time to listen to the first 2 parts because of that recent crisis.

This book helped clarify how a lot of these horrible laws such as the no water laws were normalized in the military before they became laws. I often call racial capitalist patriarchy a dictatorship of war rape & the history of plantations bears that out, though she didn't necessarily know USAmerican history before joining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

lewfromthelou's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

julschapman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

daphnehumming's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

I found the army portions to be more engaging. I am curious of what she has to say about good versus bad leadership. It’s well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and War