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mondovertigo's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Pregnancy and Racism
Minor: Abortion, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts
estam1's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Addiction, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, and Child death
debussy's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I am a white woman not far off from the author’s age and grew up in the Arkansas Ozarks. So much of this book felt like reading about my own life—the relentless isolation, conservatism, and xenophobia of the area as well as the driving need to leave it while developing a strange, complicated relationship with it afterward are so on point. The way the area is a deeply messed up patriarchy steeped with religion makes women scapegoats—there to be blamed or used by the men who have little in their lives except the ability to control others. This is a sad, compelling, and unfortunately accurate portrait of a place I still love.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Death of parent, and Misogyny
Minor: Miscarriage and Physical abuse
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