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Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood

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jessmarian0sgf's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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dark sad fast-paced

4.0

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

I read Being Lolita immediately after my second read of My Dark Vanessa. There is so much overlap between the two abusive relationships; although one is fictional, it is a sad tale we see over and over again. Wood knows how to cut the reader deep, and I found myself having to take breaks after each chapter once the relationship is in full swing. The same point I see driven home again and again in these stories: you were so much younger than you thought you were. I look back now at my own high school photos and am startled at how baby faced I was, when I thought of myself as mature and powerful. Thank you Alisson Wood, for sharing your experiences, for working to make the world safer for the girls who came after you.

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challenging

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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5.0

incredibly powerful memoir. i was surprised and shocked to see a lot of people call alisson wood a drama queen and someone, i quote „appropriating an experience“ to which i want to say - what is wrong with you? like genuinely.