Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

18 reviews

tieflingmom's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cancer, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Addiction, Homophobia, Death, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Dementia, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Self harm

kwestlovee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Drug use, and Sexual violence

officialdani's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

I love JVN and loved this book! I respect so much him sharing his past struggles with such a mass audience, owning all parts of himself, and celebrating his wins. As he mentions the goal of writing this book, I genuinely believe it will help so many young LGBTQ+ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Self harm, Addiction, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Bullying, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Homophobia, and Grief

book_dragon_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow. I want to hug jvn.
I can't believe want this beautiful person had to go trough...

Please look at the tws!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Cancer

sarahs_booknook's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.25

JVN is lovely and has been through a lot. I finished this feeling like it was a light read even though the topics are heavy.  
The structure is a bit flighty as we move very quickly through things so sometimes i was getting lost. There are however some insightful reflective moments. 
Do be mindful of the tw topics as lots are touched on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Eating disorder

emmehooks's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

A beautiful and honest memoir about JVN, largely before fame. Their journey through abuse, substance use, homophobia, and the continuing impacts of trauma was well written and narrated, didn’t shy away from the hard times, and was supplemented by things they learned from professionals. 

Jonathan’s personality and sense of humor is easy to love but I greatly appreciated the way they those to use their platform to also advocate for trauma care, recovery, destigmatizing HIV/AIDS, and learning to accept, love, and prioritize yourself even when it’s hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Homophobia, Addiction, Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Rape, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Bullying, and Terminal illness

Minor: Medical content and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

briannad4's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Sexual violence

jtalis228's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence and Addiction

missmichalalynn's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

johannab's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, and Homophobia