Reviews with content warning for Alcoholism - I am Not Myself These Days

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I am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

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l_kernberg's review

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3.0

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kgrace_s's review

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challenging dark funny fast-paced

3.75

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dananana's review against another edition

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I was gonna read this for my book club, but my work schedule ended up changing last minute so I couldn’t go and decided not to continue with this one. I was already considering dnf’ing, though (as you might have guessed, since I only got 60 pages in). The narration was stressing me out – it’s often very difficult for me to read books about people making destructive choices. Plus, there were a few off-color jokes about trans people that were probably “acceptable” in 2006 when this was published, but with everything going on right now in the news… it was just a bit much for me to deal with.

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olivejuice04's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

3.0

I finished this and felt nothing. It was like going through a complicated point in your life and moving on without having any emotional connection to the memory. I felt as empty as the narrator’s reaction to everything around them. I’m not sure if that’s the author’s intention or if it’s just bad writing. Maybe we as readers were meant to feel as disconnected as Aqua felt. Other than that the racial jokes were uncomfortable and unnecessary. I don’t know how to feel about this book, maybe I’ll re-read it in the future and come back with a new perspective.

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swagsterx0's review against another edition

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made me uncomfy but if i was in a different headspace would be amazing book

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sham1ka_'s review

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Never wanted to finish a book so fast. And now i feel empty. ❤️

The author had me hooked. I’m not even remotely interested in drag or vices or life in New York in the 90s; i knew nothing about the author, yet he managed to make me care. By the end of it i adored him and his words. Words that are both funny and painful. And the way he described the events in his life was awfully visual, it feels like you’re there, actually spectating at the moment.

Nearing the end he gives this life lesson of his about simply keeping on. Then closes it all by just embracing mundanity, because that’s how it really is.

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