Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

10 reviews

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

adeliab's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Ableism

Minor: Pregnancy

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

emilyhansen's review

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

eshdho's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

For me, the standout essay was Nayomi Munaweera's "Her Body/My Body. I skimmed some of the essays, enjoyed many of them (Carmen Maria Machado's & Daniel Chee's in particular) but Munaweera's will stick with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse

megs_bok's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

miarconnell's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

danareads's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

vlntnmz's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, and Homophobia