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ashmaiden's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
3.25
ihateprozac's review against another edition
4.0
Equal parts empowering, harrowing, heartbreaking, and heartwarming. I loved Rita Therese's unflinching and often funny storytelling, and how her prose manages to feel like a therapy session and a conversation with a best friend at the same time. What a fucking queen.
I struggle with memoirs when they're not chronologically ordered or grouped around clear chapter themes, but that was my only issue with this.
CW: rape, psychological abuse, intimate partner violence
I struggle with memoirs when they're not chronologically ordered or grouped around clear chapter themes, but that was my only issue with this.
CW: rape, psychological abuse, intimate partner violence
saomie's review against another edition
3.0
Listened to the audiobook. Was lost on the timeline of events as many others have said but understand why it was written this way. Some interesting points and very heart breaking at times.
mellmeyer96's review against another edition
5.0
"We all want to live and then we are all afraid to die. You assign value to these things, they give you purpose, they drive you forward. It's all we have. It's what life is. Lean into it."
Raw, honest & real - The words I would use to describe this addictive memoir.
Come is not like anything that I have read before and I honestly could not put it down devouring it in a night. Rita takes you on a wild ride through her years of being a sex worker in Melbourne as well as her experiences with death, trauma and self discovery.
Rita is an absolutely incredible story teller and an extremely talented writer. She hooks you in with the raw and honest truth and certainly doesn't hold back. Rita writes so eloquently and laces the realities of sex work with humour and eye opening heartbreak - I found myself laughing out loud one minute and in tears the next. This book covers alcohol, drugs, sex, self-harm, love, death and everything in between in such open detail.
Rita's writing style had me engaged in the story until the very last page. Never once was I bored of what I was reading. I understand that the writing style and language used may not be to everyone's taste but I think it is what makes this book so unique and special. It gives a real look into the often glamorised & taboo world of sex work.
Come really made me think, it opened my eyes to a few things and made me think about my own life and some decisions I have made. Thank you Rita for being so open and honest about your life.
Raw, honest & real - The words I would use to describe this addictive memoir.
Come is not like anything that I have read before and I honestly could not put it down devouring it in a night. Rita takes you on a wild ride through her years of being a sex worker in Melbourne as well as her experiences with death, trauma and self discovery.
Rita is an absolutely incredible story teller and an extremely talented writer. She hooks you in with the raw and honest truth and certainly doesn't hold back. Rita writes so eloquently and laces the realities of sex work with humour and eye opening heartbreak - I found myself laughing out loud one minute and in tears the next. This book covers alcohol, drugs, sex, self-harm, love, death and everything in between in such open detail.
Rita's writing style had me engaged in the story until the very last page. Never once was I bored of what I was reading. I understand that the writing style and language used may not be to everyone's taste but I think it is what makes this book so unique and special. It gives a real look into the often glamorised & taboo world of sex work.
Come really made me think, it opened my eyes to a few things and made me think about my own life and some decisions I have made. Thank you Rita for being so open and honest about your life.
ardour's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.25
rhiannonhoward's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
entrancedbywords's review against another edition
5.0
Come is about a (former?) Sex worker and telling of her personal stories with her professional stories.
It's quite heartbreaking but at times slightly odd with hints of humour.
Each sex worker has their own story to share and this is Rita's verison.
Come doesn't sugar coat sex worker nor does it degrade it, Rita just simply admits this is what she did. The emotions that came with that situation and how to she came to be who she is today..well at time of printing of the book.
It's quite heartbreaking but at times slightly odd with hints of humour.
Each sex worker has their own story to share and this is Rita's verison.
Come doesn't sugar coat sex worker nor does it degrade it, Rita just simply admits this is what she did. The emotions that came with that situation and how to she came to be who she is today..well at time of printing of the book.
j3rkin's review against another edition
4.0
This one of those books that you’ll be glad you’ve read once you’ve read it. Recounts the ins and outs that comes with a profession profound for bending taboo and misinformation. The narrative includes some content that requires a trigger warning - so make sure you are prepared before reading. Overall, I’m glad I picked this one up.
margielatabicat's review against another edition
5.0
a great autobiography about an sworker. she speaks so honestly about her profession, talking about the tight kinships formed with the other women in her life, as well as the unfortunate inevitability of being SA’ed and how that affected her. i thoroughly enjoyed this and tried to read another sworker bio after but this one easily remains my favourite