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my13s's review
1.0
I picked up this book because I thought it would be about important and inspiring AIDS activism. Instead it was an irritating and tedious screed written by someone who managed to make the death of multiple AIDS patients about herself.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
This book focuses on the work of someone that helped AIDS patients while also being a memoir that includes some upsetting anecdotes from the author's past.sapphic_alpaca's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Vomit, and Stalking
yaboywillyshakes's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Minor: Death of parent
badbadwolf's review
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia and Terminal illness
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
_alias_ali's review
3.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Car accident, and Classism
karac15's review
4.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Cancer, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
helloits_jen's review
5.0
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
bookishpip's review
5.0
I’ve read quite a few memoirs - it’s one of my favourite genres - but although I generally enjoy memoirs, very few are so impactful that I experience strong emotional responses throughout. This is one.
Dubbed as the modern day Florence Nightingale, this is the account of a woman who, visiting a friend in hospital, comes across a door with a red x on it and someone inside crying for help, to deaf ears. She goes inside and meets a young man in his final moments, succumbing to AIDS. This was the catalyst for an enormous shift in her life as she begins to work to fight for the rights and fair treatment of those with HIV and AIDS, providing essential and human help to sufferers along the way.
I really experienced such a rollercoaster of emotions with this one. Although the content is largely heavy and sad (yet incredibly important), there are moments of humour and sass that just make me desperate to be friends with this lady. The selflessness of her actions and the way in which she navigates the world is truly such an inspiration.
Honestly, this was such a remarkable read. Highly, highly recommended.
Graphic: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma
ellianderjoy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use
alexg52's review
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia and Medical trauma