Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson

2 reviews

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

I like what this book is, but I don't think it's the book Hutchinson set out to write. In his end notes, Hutchinson shares his frustration that "it gets better" narratives so rarely detail how it gets better. He says he wanted to write a memoir that told that part of the story.

Instead, Brave Face is 97% the times leading up to Hutchinson's

suicide attempt</em>, 2% the immediate aftermath, and 1% a woefully rushed accounting of everything that happened between that event and Hutchinson's decision to write the memoir. That's not saying much about how it got better - the exact question Hutchinson claims he set out to address.

Still, the book's very good at being what it is: a heartbreaking portrait of the terrible toll of internalized and societal homophobia and mental health stigma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Medical content, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Vomit, Cancer, Bullying, and Excrement

Moderate: Toxic masculinity, Questionable consent, Slut shaming

skullotonin's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis