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lbwach12's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcohol
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
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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
pacifickat's review against another edition
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
itstheconnorsbookclub's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
uhhlexiconic's review against another edition
3.25
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Death of parent, and Alcohol
jc_wb's review against another edition
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse
stormwise's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Homophobia
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol