Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

El Consentimiento by Vanessa Springora

18 reviews

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

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, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Eating disorder and Abandonment

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

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

maddy_paddy07's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Beautiful and inspiring, springora has an incredible grasp on language and tells her story incredibly. Her words not only survive but thrive with the translation that so often renders books unreadable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

Neglect

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

The quality of the writing is not what you should pay attention to in this book. It's not bad, but it could be better, yes, but how hard must it be to write a book like this, even after all this time. And as much as I am usually an advocate for good writing, I don't think an editor should change a book like this beyond recognition. The hardest part for me to read this book, has been the consent that society gave to this abuser. People who are absolutely against cancel culture and are fighting for separating the art from the artist should read this book, because in here you can find the downside of it and the consequences this has for the victims. Springora gives them a convincing voice. And she herself decided to speak up, after the famous author who has been her abuser, has been honoured for his work with a national prize. Also hard to read are the parts when she still thinks about, how this "relationship" could have been different. It is not her fault at all and I'm not judging her for that, it only shows how fundamentally you are changed by being a crime like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

horizonous's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

◦ Mental illness = Depression, psychosis, PTSD
◦ Sexual violence = Ephebophilia, grooming, statutory rape [at least since 2021, before that there wasn't an age of consent in place in france, having sex with a minor could be prosecuted but carried much lighter penalties than rape]

deepcurvesahead's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Eating disorder

vidoc's review against another edition

emotional informative tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Un témoignage puissant qui tente de recoller les morceaux d'une adolescence détruite