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Alles, was passiert ist by Yrsa Daley-Ward

9 reviews

e11en's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

rach_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

drskaninchen's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse

veve_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

randisworld's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

Such a wonderful memoir. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use

james1star's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was my first time reading a poetry memoir and it was a really great way of telling her story. Daley-Ward takes us through her life in four sections from child- to adulthood and used many different types/forms of poetry. Her poems are really assessable and easy to understand but still retains a high level of nuance, complexity and lyricalness. It is a collection so there were some I preferred then others but overall I enjoyed them and many passages were underlined and stared to return to. My favourite poem is right near the end titled ‘awayness; an almanac’ and I though it was a perfect ending piece where I initially didn’t know where we were going but ends are somewhat tied and the title of ‘The Terrible’ makes sense - really great and what made this book go from a 4.5/75 to the full 5 ⭐️ rating it deserves. 

The actual content is about Yrsa growing up in Chorley with her brother, their relationship with their mum Marcia (her men) and grandparents. After moving to Manchester and then London, the author talks about differ people in her life, jobs and ‘living while you’re young’ outlook. After a death both her and Roo’s mental health suffers and this is touched on too. There is more but don’t want to spoil parts. 

I would definitely recommend this memoir/poetry collection. Really lyrical, meaningful, unique and a generally great read - despite the topics - and I cannot wait to read her first collection Bone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Racism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

ktrain3900's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

This is not an easy read, not a long read but not fast either. The forms and formatting worked for me. It's not meant to be a poetry/prose divide in any traditional sense, but rather I found it fit the movement of the pieces/story. It breaks what would otherwise be very hard to digest. There is a lot of terrible here, a lot of difficult, but all captured both bluntly and genuinely. No pity, no feeling sorry, just life, and life is hard. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer

ambergentleman's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, and Antisemitism

davidreyno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Mostly free verse, not my favorite; some memorable passages, imagery. Incrediblely honest, blunt memoir. Eye opening.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship