claranasman02's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Rape
solshineytb's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Misogyny, and Mental illness
marristmass's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Eating disorder
booksinthetreehouse's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, and Eating disorder
ledablanca's review against another edition
5.0
This is my first Ernaux and this won't be the last! Never before have I felt so seen! Like Ernaux, I question my past actions and choices and want to bury these shameful memories.
Graphic: Eating disorder and Misogyny
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
sleaterkenneth's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Eating disorder
cecilie_who_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Spoiler
Coming from a boy-less Catholic School, the 17-year-old "girl from '58" is so deceived, and no one think of her as some one who they should be teaching to stand up for herself or what to put up with or how to have fun. Swept up and used on the first night away by a 22-year-old head-pedagogue, she invests all her feelings in what she believes belongs together with kisses and sex, and falls in love with that *hole leader, some five years older than her, who has no respect for such a 'dumb' little girl. That whole summer she goes along with this lesson and confuses the desire of worthless young men with respect or even sympathy. She is the despised laughing stock of her 'colleagues'.It severely affects the direction she takes with her life afterwards. Thank God for her that what she is really good at is being a writer. But without that summer, she may have had more ways of functioning, more choice. :
One would want young people to read this before they set out to let classmates and friends define the world for them - one would also want them not to read it - it is so harsh.
Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Sexism
Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Rape
astridmalmhester's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Rape
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content
kristinadt's review against another edition
Graphic: Eating disorder
nora333's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual content