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mollydorward's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
gelliestar's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I just loved this. Beginning to end. Impeccable, important and brave. Just such a lovable narrative voice it was perfect.
prehistoricpotatoes's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
Homey and familiar, but also eye opening and new, pushing me back to a generation between my parents and I, in a town so familiar. Thank you Paris Lees for writing this and especially for writing it in our accent. This is representation, really.
lovegriefandgender's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
As a trans reader, this book is invaluable: we exist, we've always existed, we will always exist. And not framed through the class lens that usually typefies our stories. I've finished this book with an aching anxiety about living in this fraught world, but also feel seen and held as only one of my sister's really can see and hold me.
loukitsune's review
2.0
Listened to the audiobook narrated by Paris, loved the Nottinghamshire vernacular and the early 2000’s nostalgia. The book started off so funny and enjoyable but I found most of it depressing yet light on substance, even though she was sharing honest/raw/traumatic experiences. I really like Paris, follow her on Instagram, I think I expected more self reflection not descriptions of people and nights out. Maybe I’m being harsh? I was really looking forward to this book but just didn’t enjoy it.
giselleg's review
2.0
Writing in a dialect put the book in a time and place, but for me it made it an extra hurdle to reading the book which at often times was repetitive. Amazing to see how she turned her life around, but for me I feel this story could have been told better In a long read form.
ggmuso's review
2.0
Writing in a dialect put the book in a time and place, but for me it made it an extra hurdle to reading the book which at often times was repetitive. Amazing to see how she turned her life around, but for me I feel this story could have been told better In a long read form.