Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

In the Form of a Question by Amy Schneider

7 reviews

elle_griffin's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Endearing, funny. Made me audibly laugh by the end of page 2. I'd say this book is more a collection of essays than a memoir, but that has the upside of keeping a fast pace.

 

There's at times an off-putting combination of self-deprecation and navel-gazing that can start to feel tired, but that is a hazard of the genre. You can tell Schneider wrote this book to meet a fast-approaching deadline, and she basically confirms as much. But I find that more relatable than annoying, tbh, so I didn't mind.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

46jjsg's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

Cheeky and informative!! I thought Amy's perspective of her various life situations was very interesting. We don't really have much in common (minus that we're both women, queer, and raised in the midwest- oh we both love jeopardy) so I thought it was a delight to read about her life experiences. This might not be for everyone, it's somewhat stream of consciousness; however, I loved it because it felt like a casual and raw conversation. I read this memoir accompanied with the audiobook and it really was fun to hear Amy narrate the book. I loved stylistically how the memoir has footnotes and essay-like segments. -1 star simply because I wouldn't reread this... I think I would get bored if I reread this 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

candycain's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, and Alcohol

dexkit10's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, and Religious bigotry

erinwolf1997's review

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia and Dysphoria

queenkath32's review against another edition

reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

jazhandz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

3.5

This book could’ve used a stronger editorial hand - I liked the footnotes and the loose structure, but the number of two-sentence-long asides didn’t work for me. Still, a compelling and fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcohol

One chapter begins with a hypothetical description of needles in eyes that extremely wigged me out.