Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

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

5 reviews

caribbeangirlreading's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

Some of the essays were hard to read. Some were heart warming. A few were mediocre. Overall, though I found this to be a very cathartic read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Blood, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship

sakisreads's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

3.5

What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About is a hard-hitting, (sometimes) harrowing set of essays written by a range of authors. I loved the ways in which it was so nuanced; even when some mothers inflicted harm, their children found ways to forgive. I read this with the knowledge that regardless of what pain people can inflict on their loved ones, the bond can still be so strong and well, relentless 😳 I found the essay by Nayomi Munaweera especially challenging 🥲 

All in all, difficult but definitely worth reading 👏🏼

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Rape, Body shaming, Child abuse, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

samanthajore's review against another edition

4.5

I don't know what I was expecting when I went into this book but whatever I was expecting this book blew away all my expectations. Throughout the different essays multiple authors went into their way of breaking free from the trauma they were put through when they were younger. The different stories all showed different perspectives of how trauma changes people and how it manifests. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

dtierra's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Bullying, Cancer, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, and Emotional abuse

dsinocruz's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Rape, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Alcohol