Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays by Jill Gutowitz

18 reviews

megang519's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia

bi_n_large's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship

shadereads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Toxic relationship

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Funny, relatable, and informative, this essay collection about queer women in pop culture was exactly what I needed this pride month. It was a really great way to wrap up my month of (almost) all queer books!

There was this one chapter about lesbian yearning that I felt SO called out by that I had to stop listening and collect myself before continuing to read it. I loved the way Gutowitz delves into queer female celebrities and the treatment of them in the early 2000s because I think that is so worth examining - basically, we owe Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson a massive apology.

Another great aspect of the book is the relatable way the author writes about the early days of the pandemic. It was a really funny way of putting it, but also sad. There is also a section where she writes a letter to her younger self, which broke my heart and made me laugh at the same time.

I had some minor issues with the book, but overall really enjoyed it and recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Biphobia and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Islamophobia

mallory10100's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

god i LOVED this!! one of the most relatable books i’ve ever read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Dementia, and Classism

i highly recommend this!!

prideandparchment's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

Girls Can Kiss Now is a funny and very relatable essay collection. It's important, fills a huge gap in literature. 
But there are some pretty overdramatic parts near the end I got annoyed by (how can someone freak out by Taylor Swift THAT MUCH?)... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

therahh's review

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

Reading these essays left me with emotions that felt all too familiar. It felt like talking to an old friend as I went through the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

samantharosemangino's review

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

3.75

Really lovely book. Funny and shockingly informative. Some of the essays were a bit too long winded and started off in one place and finished in the opposite direction which was a bit confusing. I’ve followed this author on Twitter for a long time and it was nice to see a more personal and vulnerable side.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship