Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education by Stephanie Land

9 reviews

chemeducator's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

cgreenstein's review against another edition

challenging sad tense slow-paced

3.0

The social commentary is good. The personal decision making is incredibly frustrating. I read another review that commented that abuse and trauma change your brain chemistry and make it hard to make good choices, recognize and escape detrimental patterns, and mature. This memoir makes a *lot* more sense in that light, and I wish that the author had included some of that background or self-analysis (though maybe she hasn't realized this about herself yet) to help us understand her better. There's a line in the book where she says she would joke with her friends at that time that, although she was 34-35 during the course of this book, she'd never matured past age 23. I think that was one of the most revealing snippets of the book for me, because if you read her as someone in her early 20s, many of her choices are still suboptimal, but she comes off as more sympathetic. I wish an editor had pushed for more self-reflection to be included in this, and while I understand that part of Land's point is that poor people should not need to justify their decisions in order to be treated well, and that is true, I think this book is a missed opportunity for someone who is a highly skilled writer to explain from the inside out why her choices seemed rational to her so that readers of different backgrounds can get a better handle on why she and other people in similar situations make decisions that, absent a knowledge and understanding of poverty and trauma, seem obviously and infuriatingly bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Medical content, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident

nbreezy17's review against another edition

slow-paced

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Classism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

nadinekrikke's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion and Emotional abuse

sarahflanders's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bookwomyn's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Land is a really good writer, but I didn’t love this one like I did Maid. I felt she put in a lot of filler in this one anticipating a 3rd book. However, her experiences in an elite creative writing program while trying to parent a child single-handedly should help others in that situation, as well as inform universities about what non-traditional students need in the way of support. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Toxic relationship

someryarns's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Classism, Abortion, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Medical content

Minor: Excrement and Miscarriage

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

Application/Impact: 2

Connection to the book/Enjoyment: 2

Educational Value: 3

Purpose/Originality: 2

Writing:  3
Every point= 0.25 stars, max of 4 per category 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Abortion, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault