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khakipantsofsex's review
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Self harm
mscalls's review
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
amanda884's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape
sarahmerfi's review
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Minor: Death of parent
whimsicalish's review
4.0
But I do appreciate the honesty, even if it was difficult to read.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
jarku's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia
yomireads's review against another edition
3.5
This book is deeply painful and unflinchingly honest about very difficult things, and I was not the target audience for this story. Having said that, I appreciate and applaud the courage and skill of this memoir. It's a beautifully written and powerfully moving story that I believe needed to be told. I know there are many who will benefit from reading this and feel seen, connected to, and unalone in these pages.
For my part, I found the nonlinear storytelling to be confusing and quite hard to keep straight in my mind as far as who was alive, when events happened relative to one another, and the relative age of anyone at any given moment. I was deeply disturbed by the graphic depictions of her sexual assault, but feel uncomfortable truly criticizing it as I know feeling disturbed is a part of what is meant to be evoked, and any victim should be permitted to claim their story and find strength in it however they can.
All else that might have made me squirm, I have no true qualms as far as the memoir goes, as a critique of non fiction, by its very nature, can't be about story content. It's about a life, and no outside observer/reader can truly say what deserves to be included in that realm.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Homophobia
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, and Infertility
merldia's review
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
honeyvoiced's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, and Grief
Minor: Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
v_vian_ne's review
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent