Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate

27 reviews

kat_c_h's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

TW: this book does talk a lot about childhood abuse and generational abuse. Both are pretty hard to read at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Rape

geminimoonriver's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective

4.5

Want a beautiful tragic fact that we all must have mothers 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

cady_sass's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is a heavy read. As with any anthology or collection of essays with multiple authors, some things are going to resonate and others are not. I think there is genuinely something for everyone here, whether your relationship with your mother is good or great or toxic or non-existent. A lot of tough topics are handled very eloquently and it may be tough to get through at times but it’s a worthy read. I’d recommend this to most people, I think you’ll find something that sticks with you for a long time to come. I know I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Cursing, Ableism, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Sexism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

lgor5's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault

jasperr's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Self harm, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, and Body shaming

kassik13's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

klor's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Picked this back up ahain after I DNF-ed earlier in the year because I wasn't quite ready for it. The book has a rich variety of stories and authors and I find myself particularly drawn to the more reflective and longform ones. I enjoyed Thesmophoria, 16 Minetta Lane, and the last three stories (Her Body/My Body, All About My Mother, and I Met Fear on the Hill). I also had a soft spot for The Same Story About my Mother. It's insightful how I can relate my relationship with my own mother spanning through various moments in various stories. A lot of these are heavy and talk well into traumas but also in how complex love and relationships are. I probably still won't recommend it to my mother, but it did make me want to get to know her more, complications and all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

emilys_editions's review

challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Self harm

mdcmaliwat's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

I think this book resonates best with people who have already reflected a bit on their relationship with their mothers.
Also, not every essay will be relatable. We don’t all experience the same things, so it’s only natural some essays will touch you very profoundly and others not at all. That said, don’t discredit the essays you can’t relate to as bad writing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

sjanke2's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

2.25

 

This collection started strong and waned from there. The ones I enjoyed are the only ones I remember (Alexander Chee and Alexander Chee). I wonder if each contributor got to pick the narrator who would read their piece, as I didn't care for a couple of the voices.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Grief, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Car accident, and Child abuse