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readingwithcoffee's review against another edition
4.5
Heads up the book start off very explicitly talking about her self harm (cutting), ratings disorders (binge eating and anorexia) if those are sensitive topics and she has mom issues tripped up in her lonely romantic/sexual life (tho I agree with her it was tied to her trying to stay childish to get more parental love/unconditional love esp of a parent then anything else) I feel like might be sensitive topic for many.
Also the book ngl made very grateful about the quality of sex education I had formally and informally and even my sex education didn’t mention the clitoris at all being a thing while telling us about particular glands that helped cis men get off vs everything for “girls” was about pregnancy outside of my teachers being feminist enough to say the hymen and idea you can tell if a woman is Virgin is bullshit
Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
endemictoearth's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
narrnaul's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
biscuit_'s review against another edition
4.0
The author learning to prioritise herself and to do things for herself and not for pleasing her parents was really heartwarming.
A good and surprisingly comforting read. It’s good to know that I’m not alone in the ‘still figuring out who the hell I am’ thing, and that that’s okay and normal.
Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm
rebeccawesome's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Incest
riopse's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
j_1's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
clarabooksit's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Self harm
parawatch's review against another edition
5.0
Struggling with mental health and being stuck in a bad headspace is very real and the way this is constructed and carried out is beautiful.
The art is very telling within the story as well, you can see (and feel) the emotion within the art and highlights.
Overall, I just loved reading this.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm
elizabethmlilly's review against another edition
5.0
Now at age 32, I bought this book at another Barnes and Noble and happily handed it to the cashier without a second thought. How wonderful.
This book is so raw about the worst and lowest point of the author’s life. I can’t believe how blunt she is about her own past actions that range from embarrassing to troubling. It’s concise, a small book that is so loud, each panel shouts and screams at the reader. (In a good way!)
Deeply insightful about intimacy and vulnerability, and how sex is much more those things than it is the physical act of humans touching each other’s bodies. Honestly much less “lesbian” than I thought in a way. I think by the end of the book, the author can’t even admit to herself yet that she IS a lesbian. It’s not clear.
I like that it’s not tied up with a neat “Queer American YA” type ribbon—I love myself, cue the pride flags. It captures the messy, choked-up middle of that journey and leaves us on a cliffhanger, hoping the best for the author in the future. I’m still thinking of her, hoping she’s like me now, happily handing lesbian books to bookstore cashiers.
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts