Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

108 reviews

flowchelle's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

4.0

Wow, this book was a lot more than I realized it would be! I fully understand the importance of the grandparents story and it gave the parents much more depth but it was so much to process with how soul crushing each generations story was. However, that obviously made Safiya’s triumphs even more impressive and mold breaking. This was such a multifaceted and beautifully told story that got my emotions entirely entwined! I was shocked by her

ability to forgive her father in the end

and

brought to tears by the description of the generations of women healed on the beach

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

mcgards's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement and Death

nellethebelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

lachy13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

arayo's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism

sadhbhprice's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

kristine_dg's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

NYT Notable Books 2023: 26/100

This book was written so well that at times I forgot it was a memoir and thought it was a work of fiction. Sinclair has such a clear voice and a manner of telling her story that really worked well. I kept having to remind myself that this was her real experience, since the combination of the style and honestly how wild parts of the story were made it easy to slip into feeling like a novel, rather than a memoir. That being said, Sinclair tells an incredible story in such an honest way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

lolajeanne's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse