readwithtayah23's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0


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maiathemagical's review against another edition

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dark hopeful sad

3.0

I don't think I quite know how to feel about My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. It's such a brave piece of writing, the author is really baring her heart on basically every page. Maybe I just don't quite relate enough to the content to really just get it, I don't know. Somehow it just didn't land. I think she explored the themes she tackled quite well. Reading it made me feel sad, and reminded me how depressed I can get sometimes, which I think was the one place where I really connected with the author - my feelings on sex and intimacy and love are very different, and so too are my related hangups and traumas.

I think this book is probably very good, but I can't tell because I don't think it was quite written for me.

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honeyplantain's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book absolutely wrecked me. It was so hard to get through because of the subject matter, & because I kept spiral thinking about my shitty life while reading it. I honestly am not okay after reading this & idk if I will recover. This book hits you right in the heart, or if you're like me then it reads you for filth & leaves your corpse in a ditch. I highly highly recommend this book, but please be careful it's a doozy

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fynn_jls's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

3.5


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__helena__'s review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.25


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adampjt's review against another edition

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dark funny informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25


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drewnianykredens's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced
comforting 

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rot_swap's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

A heartfelt and sometimes humorous take on mental illness, sexuality, and just being alive. I loved this book and appreciate the author's vulnerability and ability to speak so frankly about taboo, complex subject matter. As a queer person with major depression, social anxiety, and a history of shame/confusion around sex and sexuality, reading this book was validating and made me feel less alone. 

I also always appreciate hearing about adults who are just beginning to explore sex and their sexuality. There's so much stigma around sexual inexperience and many of us who are "late bloomers" can feel immense shame about this (speaking from experience). I'm grateful to artists and writers who are willing and able to tell stories about later in life sexual exploration. The concept of virginity and the moral judgement we attach to it is not inevitable or necessary!

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lagomorpheus's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

i feel so not alone! : ) i think especially from reading other lesbian experience focused books n comics, i felt like my experience wasn’t the norm, but this book was like a big nice hug. the running theme of depression and not doing enough and not being a “real adult” hit hard. i feel really inspired to have a happier life!
it was a little all over the place in terms of timing but i think that’s to be expected with something so emotional : ) it didn’t hinder the reading experience too much!

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tatoopette's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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