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shamelesslyash's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
2.5
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Alcohol
helloits_jen's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This was a pick for my book club and I’m so glad it was as I never would have picked it up otherwise! As someone who was born in the late 90s, the AIDS epidemic is something that is so foreign to me that I struggle to picture what it was actually like to live through. My heart broke over and over again for these men and it’s scary to think how recent this was happening. More than anything, that’s what I took away from the book - an eye opening story of what it was actually like. I really liked the way it was written - it seemed more fast paced than some non-fiction books - and I’m glad I took this opportunity to read about Ruth’s work and how heartbreakingly sad the lives of men were at that time.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Outing, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
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