Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death, by Maggie O'Farrell
7 reviews
linnaea's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Sexual assault
rjohns5's review
4.0
Moderate: Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault
jamihoneycutt's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Infertility, and Violence
kelly_e's review against another edition
3.25
Author: Maggie O'Farrell
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.25
Pub Date: August 27 2017
T H R E E • W O R D S
Intimate • Unconventional • Articulate
📖 S Y N O P S I S
I Am, I Am, I Am is the deeply personal memoir from British novelist Maggie O'Farrell, exploring seventeen brushes with death sprinkled throughout her life. From a childhood illness to a a frightening encounter deep in the jungle to dealing with a child diagnosed with severe allergies, each essay explores the preciousness of life.
💭 T H O U G H T S
This book had been on my TBR since it's release, and I honestly thought I was going to love it. Not only did it come highly recommended to me, but the beautiful cover and synopsis were right up my alley. However, it failed to engage me completely the whole way through. It is a deeply personal and insightful account of the fragility of life, yet I wasn't overly moved. What didn't work for me was the structure. Personally, I think a chronological order of events would have benefitted the narration and made for a more enjoyable reading experience. With that said, her writing is stunningly beautiful and she explores the complexities of life in a delicate manner.
I anticipated loving this book, and honestly it didn't live up to my expectations. While this wasn't the powerful, moving memoir I was hoping for, it was still worth reading.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• readers who enjoyed The Year of Magical Thinking
• Maggie O'Farrell fans
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"The people who teach us something retain a particularly vivid place in our memoires. I'd been a parent for about ten minutes when I met the man, but he taught me, with a small gesture, one of the most important things about the job: kindness, intuition, touch, and that sometimes you don't even need words."
Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Death, Infertility, Injury/injury detail, and Sexual assault
Minor: Pregnancy
spacecowpal's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Miscarriage, Murder, and Sexual assault
ambero's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Chronic illness, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, and Murder
jldraycott's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence