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ddgwriter's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
readwithmesarah's review against another edition
Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
abelh's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
tieflingmom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
sblisberg's review against another edition
Member dies
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
maldonadobryan's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
pacifickat's review
4.0
The audiobook absolutely made this book work for me as a reader. There were so many jokes and moments that relied on anticipating the correct voice intonation in order to completely land, and it was fun hearing JVN's humor come through in the audio narration. Plus, I would have hopelessly butchered all the Russian pseudonyms in my head.
Lots of trigger warnings could be applied to this book (childhood trauma, sexual content, drug use, self harm, bullying, etc.), but I have rarely heard more accurate or compelling descriptions of addictive behaviors and the self-destructive-yet-all-consuming mental state behind them than here. This felt like an extremely honest and open account of the author's most formative life experiences, and I can't help but admire that.
I also really appreciated learning a bit about AIDS/HIV stigma, treatments, and current positive prognoses when caught early and managed carefully. This kind of information is truly a public service to get out there in the open.
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Self harm, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Alcohol
Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
minaegg's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, and Terminal illness
asummrox's review against another edition
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Dysphoria
kwestlovee's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual violence