Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

23 reviews

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Torture, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

frankieclc's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

aqtbenz's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Sexual harassment

samarakroeger's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I love Ronson’s extra-dry wit. His narration is extra funny to me. 

I think this is fascinating as an examination of public twitter shamings in the early 2010s, a very-much pre #metoo era of social media and discourse. The people in here had their lives ruined by a minor or moderate mistake that was unfortunately captured online and amplified by a crowd of strangers who faced no consequences. 

I especially appreciated the parts about the absolute ineffectiveness of prisons. Shame is a counterproductive emotion in most scenarios. 

Personally, I think that #metoo is public shaming at its most effective — and that is because it is focused on empowering victims, not just randos. 

I know he recently wrote an updated afterword, but that wasn’t in my edition :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

gimbal's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

sam_rm94's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

daniellekat's review against another edition

fast-paced

1.25

This book had some interesting cases, but overall the author thought A LOT of himself and it showed. I have literally no words for the Afterword, without it the book would have probably been a 2.25. The concept of this book was fascinating but ultimately it was just poorly executed. All I can say is I would never read something written by this author again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

luise96's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

3.5

The book had some interesting perspectives and stories. I enjoyed the first third or so quiet a lot but at the end it was a bit more of a drag for me to finish. Overall its a nice book, but not really what I expected from the blurb. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide

vanessa_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.0

This is one of the worst books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

cfell's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicide