Reviews

Handstands In The Dark: A True Story of Growing Up and Survival by Janey Godley

croc's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

scottishlindsay's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

camprocter's review

dark fast-paced

4.0

Never knew much about Janey Godley other than her bangin' Nicola Sturgeon voiceovers, and this isn't really the sort of book that I'd normally go for (I found it while browsing the Wikipedia page for Calton for a reason I can no longer remember). But damn, what a brutal life she's had. Great book though, and I really want to know what happened next. 

Content warnings: Pretty much all of them.

marryallthepeople's review against another edition

3.0

Saving my thoughts for book club. What a strong female, what a hard childhood to live through.

nicky_booksandabrew's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

klwpvfc's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

ailsareads's review against another edition

4.0

Definitely not the usual kind of book I read, but I went into it as a fan of Janey Godley not a fan of books with sad weans on the front cover. Miserable but good.

avisham's review

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Racial slurs

books_of_an_evening's review

dark inspiring fast-paced

4.0

juliacallan's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0