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l888nightreader's review against another edition
5.0
so many feelings and emotions wrapped up in this less than 300 pages read. what a story. what a heartbreaking heartbreaking read. haven’t fully processed my deep love but the writing!!! the writing!! i pulled two quotes i really loved towards the end but i should’ve pulled more.
“people love an idea, even if they don’t know what to do with it. even if they only know how to do exactly the wrong thing” (228)
“even your tongue running along the upper ridge of your mouth, which sounds like a piece of furniture being dragged over a bed of gravel” (234)
“people love an idea, even if they don’t know what to do with it. even if they only know how to do exactly the wrong thing” (228)
“even your tongue running along the upper ridge of your mouth, which sounds like a piece of furniture being dragged over a bed of gravel” (234)
lupinsoctober's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Pedophilia
anniecakestoo's review against another edition
4.0
I haven't ever read a book quite like this and it was all consuming. The prose style left me wanting more, but obsessing over what I had read.
tee123's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
jcouwenberg's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
sandyprytulka's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
saltairinanenvelope's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.5
dargan18's review against another edition
4.0
I listened to the audiobook version of this, which is read by the author. It was mesmerizing. A story of a relationship that starts off wonderful and then develops into psychological and emotional abuse, it reads (or ... listens?) like a thriller. In between recounting her story, the author also reflects on abuse within the lesbian community, and why it is often glossed over, ignored or silenced by both those inside and outside the community. There is a persistent idea that only men can abuse women. Many simply don't believe that women can be abusive, or that emotional abuse is a thing. Those inside the community often want to silence it because they don't want to give the world any more reasons to vilify lesbians. Machado argues that true acceptance means letting everyone be full, complex humans -- not always villains, not always perfect heros.