Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

7 reviews

pennyforyourthoughts's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

I don’t know exactly how to review this book as it’s a collection of advice columns that are only connected with overarching narratives from Sugar and not much else. Some sections made me cry while others felt like a slog to get through. Not all of the advice will impact everyone the same. I think I did the book a disservice by pushing myself to read it all rather rapidly as taking the sections in more bite-sized chunks when you need them may have been the better option. Overall I enjoyed the realness that this collection provided, showing humanity in all its different forms.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Child death

jessmbark's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

This book made me cry real tears three times as someone who lost their parents and as a twenty-something woman. 

That said, sometimes it felt like Strayed told a lot of her own story instead of addressing the writer's. If you like those podcasts or TikToks that discuss Reddit AITA posts, you will like this book. Many thanks to the mentor who recommended it to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Abortion, Addiction, and Xenophobia

Minor: Terminal illness, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

tinyy's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

I think I desperately needed to hear this:

”There is nothing more boring and fruitless than a woman lamenting the fact that her stomach is round.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal death, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Incest

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

I definitely missed some trigger warnings but there were so many I can’t remember them. If I had known about them, I wouldn’t have read the book. It’s so heavy. Despite that, I know that it helped me a little bit, deal with some of the things that have happened to me.

becksusername's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A book I needed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

roaaexe's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

4.5

 This is not just advice on love and life, she gave advice on everything. The way she answers these questions and how she pulls examples from her life and from others' lives, is so impactful. Her writing is beautiful, she would give analogies that just work so well. I found myself laughing and crying as I read this, and it's exactly what I needed.

هذا الكتاب هو مجموعة اجوبة "سكر" ونصائحها بعمود اسئلة لمجلة The Rumpus.
العنوان يذكر ان النصائح هي عن الحب والحياة لكن هي اعطت نصائح لكل شيء. طريقتها بالاجابة وكيف استوحت امثلة من حياتها ومن حياة الاشخاص الي حواليها كانت مؤثرة جدا. كتابتها جميلة للغاية ، استخدمت العديد من التشبيهات التي يكون لها اثر قوي بالقاريء. خلال قرائتي لهذا الكتاب ضحكت وبكيت وبعض الاجوبة كانت بالضبط ما احتجت سماعه. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

immodestgender's review

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Honestly incredible book. Sugar has a way of seeing the world that is all at once heartbreaking and immensely hopeful. I was given this by my partner and I hadn't finished it before I bought a copy for my Mum. It really helped me do some much needed processing about a past relationship and look at the world a little differently. My only gripe is that Sugar at one point describes someone who's polyamorous as needing to make a descision and settle down, which is pretty disheartening to read as a polyam person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Rape

carabones's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia