Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Transitional by Munroe Bergdorf

3 reviews

megelizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

"...we have to educate ourselves on the possibilities of what a new world could look like, before writing it off as fantasy. Isn’t everything just a fantasy before it’s achieved?"

This is an incredibly raw, vulnerable, and unflinching memoir. I loved getting to know Munroe better and having the opportunity to learn more about a range of aspects of the trans experience. I also hugely appreciated the ultimate focus on self-love and the exploration of how working through trauma to achieve this its its own important transition.

I did find the narrative to be a bit muddled at times and feel as if perhaps too much was being attempted to be covered in a relatively short book, but in the end things do come together well and this was just such an incredibly important and insightful reading experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Death and Suicide

yvette_rmb's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

As expected from the amazingly talented Monroe Bergdorf, this book is written and structured brilliantly. I read it in a day but spent time allowing the emotive and thought-provoking moments to resonate with me. It’s so valuable to have the unfiltered voice of a trans person - especially a Black woman - available for people to hear, especially at the moment. Monroe describes in the book a friendship with another trans person who guided her at the start of her transition, and this book felt like Monroe doing this for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Stalking, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Abortion, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic