Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies

7 reviews

jaslouis's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I wasn’t sure what to expect but Davies is an excellent writer. He writes with great detail and beauty. I found sometimes it jumped around quite a lot so it made it difficult to follow the timeline but that did not affect the overall message. A brave and raw book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Incest, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

vicf99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely heartbreaking. Listening to Alan narrate this himself was so devastating that I had to listen to the whole 8.5 hours in one sitting. This book felt a lot like some form of self-therapy and there are many questions posed throughout the book for which he has no answer. This is definitely a book which will stick with me for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia

radfordmanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Incest, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Trafficking, Excrement, Grief, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

streetsmcrts's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A heartbreaking memoir on reconciling with traumatic and abusive past, but beautifully written that it made me teared up a couple of times. I had to pause reading this book for a lot of times because of the book's heavy themes that somehow resonate with my relationship with my grandmother. Not gonna lie, this perhaps is one of my favourite memoirs that I've written. I love Alan Davies— can't wait to read more of his future works!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Homophobia

bethnash's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Bullying, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Homophobia

mimithorp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Incredibly powerful with beautiful imagery and eloquence. The way Davies is able to inject his recognisable brand of humour into the darkest reflections while also packing a punch in amazing. I cried in many places and yet felt uplifted by the end. From a personal standpoint, it also felt incredibly validating. Privileged to have read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Homophobia

khakipantsofsex's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Homophobia