vivandbooks's review against another edition
5.0
These were so well crafted and just so smart. I really appreciated this collection a lot.
caitlynes91's review
5.0
transcendent.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Stalking, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Murder, and Genocide
heatherleegee's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
A really great book that took me a little while to get into on audio, but once I was in I was hooked. This is kind of a given, but tons of TWs for sexual assault
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
amandan_e's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
emelynreads's review
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This is a book I wanted to savor, sit down and contemplate, reading only two or three essays at a time. It's powerful, funny, and written with tangential style that pleased my dopamine addicted brain. Also, the TEA on the author's own family and popular authors is piping!
I'm a huge fan of the author's ability to write on challenging subjects with a balance of humor, reflection, vulnerability and truth. One of my favorite books to date.
I'm a huge fan of the author's ability to write on challenging subjects with a balance of humor, reflection, vulnerability and truth. One of my favorite books to date.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
Minor: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide
heathero621's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
This is a essay collection/memoir about Myriam and how women and minorities (particularly latinx people) are harmed by men and society. I really liked her writing and what she had to say. There was a lot of stuff that she wrote that gave me pause and made me rethink some things about how I felt on a person or topic. My favorite essay was Creep. It was the one that felt the most personal and kept me wanting to read more to find out what was going to happen.
vtlism's review
I don't have enough attention span for these types of gangly personal essays loosely strung together with vague, faint themes. I keep waiting for something to seem important, or at the very least, interesting. 90 min in, it still hasn't happened, but my stomach has churned a couple of times with graphic descriptions of women and children's deaths (without giving them any importance, anything more than distant dissociated sounding reportage. No thanks, not for me). The author reads the audio, and it has a flat affect feel that might be contributing to my disinterest. I'm disappointed bc I really loved this author's memoir, Mean, but it's like she used up all her personality on that one.