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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
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
emmehooks's review against another edition
4.75
Jonathan’s personality and sense of humor is easy to love but I greatly appreciated the way they those to use their platform to also advocate for trauma care, recovery, destigmatizing HIV/AIDS, and learning to accept, love, and prioritize yourself even when it’s hard.
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Terminal illness
Minor: Medical content and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
stefhany's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Death of parent
orinthebard's review against another edition
3.75
They were. Many celebrities think people will want to read a memoir about their privileged lives, but JVN has actually gone through some stuff. His vulnerability and advocacy should be applauded. However, I was waiting for his sad story to be wrapped up in some kind of inspiring message at the end. What did he learn? Did he have some kind of epiphany that changed how he saw himself? Or is he still struggling with compulsivity, but that's okay, because everyone is a work in progress? Instead, the book goes straight from him learning he's HIV positive and dealing with that to getting a spot on Queer Eye and being suddenly famous, as if fame and success can fix everything (and we all know it can't.) Now JVN has new problems, like people wanting to take pictures with him and expecting him to be the most bubbly version of himself at all times, but what about the old problems? As he quotes earlier in the book, "Wherever you go, there you are." I felt like we just needed a little baby reminder of that fact.
His voice could also get pretty judgy of himself and others, especially around food and weight gain, which I did not appreciate. Some of us are still fat and not gymnasts, and that's fine! He also Hates the midwest and Quincy, IL, which is valid for him to feel as a feminine nonbinary person who was relentlessly bullied there. But as a smalltown Midwesterner who was also bullied for my gender nonconformity, I wish my fellow queer people would stay and make it better instead of running away to a blue state.
Anyway, I still love JVN, think he's iconic, think he's changing America for the better. Queer Eye is changing a lot of minds and his presence on the show in flowy shirts and yoga pants is DESTROYING the gender binary. I love him, acknowledge that he is an imperfect human being, wish he had maybe taken on a cowriter for this book. Still think it's worth a read.
Graphic: Drug abuse and Sexual assault
Minor: Body shaming, Medical content, and Medical trauma
blainereads's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Medical content
kayschwe's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Dysphoria
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, and Religious bigotry
Could be helpful for survivors of trauma, who have done some processing, to show that things can and will get betterjohannab's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent
caseythereader's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent