Does the dog die?
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Book • 2018 • Drama
ReportThis book contains 45 potentially triggering events.
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A German shepherd is murdered.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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amwhite91
The author's brother was heavily abusive to her, and specific episodes and techniques are described in detail throughout. The author's parents' defense of the brother is the reason why she does not communicate with most of her family.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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KoKoCrispy
Incredibly toxic family, and there's quite a bit of emotional violence from the brother towards the main character. There's extreme gaslighting from a large number of the people in the book towards the main character/author.
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Addiction
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
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I don’t know why people are saying no. There’s a whole section where the author discusses rounding up wild horses to sell to be slaughtered
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Many do throughout
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Are animals abused?
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Discussion of horse breaking
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Is there a dead animal?
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amwhite91
Multiple throughout
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Are there snakes?
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amwhite91
The author's grandfather was thrown from a horse because the horse saw a snake and got scared
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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The author describes a situation where her brother restrained her hands and forced her head into a toilet
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amwhite91
The author's brother's abuse of her toes the line of sexual assault, in my view. He calls her names like wench and whore and slut. One instance of abuse involves him holding her arms over her head so that her shirt revealed more of her body. Another involved him tearing clothes off of her in a public space.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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amwhite91
The author during a panic attack, and her father following a near death experience
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Is someone burned alive?
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amwhite91
One brother suffers burns on his leg and survives. Another suffers burns on his face, hands, and other parts of his upper body and also ends up surviving.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Moomin
But a scary scene where someone nearly gets buried in scrap metal
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Is there amputation?
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Moomin
I think a brief mention of it happening to a minor character
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Does a head get squashed?
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amwhite91
Shaun suffers multiple traumatic brain injuries: one from falling off a high place, one from fighting, and one from falling off his motorcycle. The last one is the most severe, with the author noting that she could see through to his brain.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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amwhite91
Teeth are chipped in various accidents throughout. The author needs a root canal at one point because her tooth is rotting and had been doing so for years.
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Does someone break a bone?
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The author recalls getting her toe broken in one of her brother’s abusive episodes
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Discussion of people losing fingers while working in the scrapyard. The author recalls getting her toe broken in one of her brother’s abusive episodes
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Is someone tortured?
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amwhite91
Severe gaslighting and abuse described as happening to the author and other people
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Moomin
But there are some close moments
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Is there excessive gore?
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cjn2491
I would argue that the injuries the main character endures are described in gory detail. I ended up skipping over large passages because the descriptions were too detailed for me.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Moomin
Some brief mentions of midwifery going wrong
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Moomin
But there is a description of someone using painkillers “like breathmints”
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Moomin
But there is a scene where someone wants to remove someone from a toxic family situation, though that would technically be kidnapping, but they don’t go through with the plan
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Does a parent die?
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amwhite91
Grandparents die
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Does someone cheat?
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amwhite91
The author discusses her discomfort with polygamy as practiced in the Mormon faith but never experiences it herself.
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Fear
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Moomin
But a scene where someone points out the children dont know how to clean themselves and there is a lot of shame around the lack of hygiene which may be a trigger
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Does someone vomit?
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amwhite91
The author mentions vomiting when attending her brother Shaun's wedding
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Is there audio gore?
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Moomin
But if listening on audiobook there are sections where injuries are described in gruesome detail
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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amwhite91
No but there's a tense scene involving a car crash and downed electrical wires
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Are needles/syringes used?
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The author goes to attempt to donate blood and she can’t because her veins are too small. She also mentions her decision to get vaccinated as an adult but doesn’t describe the experience
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Is there a hospital scene?
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amwhite91
Multiple
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Does someone have cancer?
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Dj36
Tara's grandma has cancer, but it is only stated that she has it and not talked about it any further.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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The author recalls shouting in her sleep
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Moomin
Throughout the whole book. Mental illness is not portrayed particularly kindly.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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amwhite91
No, but the author's brother tries to bait her into suicide
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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amwhite91
The author frequently discusses feeling trapped in her circumstances
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amwhite91
No, but the author's brother tries to bait her into suicide
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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The author’s mother is a midwife, and several births, including births with complications, are described in some detail
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Moomin
Her mother is a midwife so there is a lot of this content
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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amwhite91
The author's brother refers to her as Wilbur, in reference to the pig from Charlotte's Web
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KoKoCrispy
There's antisemitism, and the main character/author brings up the holocaust because she never learns about it.
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Is there hate speech?
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KoKoCrispy
One of the brothers says the n-word quite a bit.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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amwhite91
One of the author's brothers has a stutter, and the narrator of the audiobook imitates it while narrating. The author uses terms like "deranged" and "crazy" to describe how she feels after being gaslighted by her brother and other family members
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Are there n-words?
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Moomin
There is a section particularly discussing the use of the word within the characters upbringing
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Moomin
But there are some anxiety inducing scenes of poverty and severely struggling to get rent money
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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amwhite91
Very bittersweet. The author functionally lost her family by standing up for herself and her siblings against her brother's abuse. Some family members stood by her but most didn't
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Two fairly severe car accidents occur, both resulting in serious injuries, but no deaths
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Does a plane crash?
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Chapter 13 opens with the author describing her experience of 9/11
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Trying2Help
At least one explosion. Injuries but no fatalities
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Is there blood/gore?
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Multiple times throughout
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