Reviews

This Time for Me: A Memoir by Alexandra Billings

hanhantap's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Homophobia, and Addiction

Moderate: Death, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Drug use, and Drug abuse

voicenextdoor's review

dark funny informative tense medium-paced

4.0

jkribbit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Raw, honest, emotional, brilliant. I loved this book. Sometimes the skipping around chronologically disoriented me, but it also felt true. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Excrement, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Addiction, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Drug use, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Medical content, and Deadnaming

stargoddess's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.0

Alex is an evocative writer who has lived an interesting life. The book jumps around a bit, which sometimes made it hard to follow, but overall very good.

jana6240's review

informative medium-paced

2.75

verumsolum's review against another edition

I hate DNF-ing a book, but this one keeps glancing off parts of my past that are too sensitive for me to be comfortable with that. Between things that happened early in her life and the fact that we both left behind the same first name, it feels like it’s always on the verge of painful emotional territory for me. Please don’t take any of this as any judgment about the book; I didn’t read far enough to form a good opinion, and my reactions to it are (I think) more about my life history than anything Billings has written.

slkropp's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

traceyyoung's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I have to confess I wasn’t familiar with Alex before I picked up this book. I warmed to her as her story progressed and learned a lot in the process. An amazing story and I’ll check out some of the series she has appeared in (noting what to expect in any hospital ones!).

tarpel's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

theinfinitebookcase's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, and Deadnaming