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monalyisha's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Murder, and Abandonment
jayisreading's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Death, Suicide, and Transphobia
flissbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Antisemitism, and Abandonment
larajgriff1's review against another edition
3.0
However, I cannot fault the author for the book not being what I hoped. It is written very well and does make some good points about how these moments and artists affect us. Though in the middle of the book she seems to be "existential crisis-ing" in circles and it doesn't feel like there is momentum again until the last few chapters.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
this is a book about people who do terrible things. It is hard to avoid anything, but I did skip a full chapter because I was so uncomfortable with the crimes of an artist.bookaholics_anonymous's review against another edition
Minor: Incest, Rape, and Transphobia
katymaryreads's review against another edition
5.0
A fascinating read that I will re-visit in the not too distant future.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Transphobia
danimacuk's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism and Suicide
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
badmom's review against another edition
5.0
Despite its rich breadth & depth, this study flows beautifully and offers valuable insights in its trek to answers.
Graphic: Rape and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Transphobia, and Abandonment
cpalmerpatel's review against another edition
I'm not entirely sure who's the intended audience for this book. Other film critics? Or maybe her usual audience? ie the people that turn to film critics as the authority on whether a film is good or bad. She drops in names of people without explaining 1) why they're famous and 2) what they've done that was monstrous, assuming you already know and it leaves you turning to google to fill in the gaps. When she discusses a film, she talks about characters and setting in a way that assumes that everyone has seen it and appreciates it's "genius". I'm not convinced that any work of art can be described as "genius" and it left me with the feeling that the author wrote the entire book in order to justify why she continues to love her favourite movies even though the men creating them were rapists.
She also focused more on men and when the discussion turned to women it centred on the classic dillemma of the working mother trying to balance mum mode with work mode, except exasperated here because art ("real art"?) isn't "work" but a madness or passion.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Mass/school shootings, and Murder