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halflingnana's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Death of parent
designy808's review against another edition
5.0
yuknavitch's memoir was unpredictable, traumatic, and reflective, all while being heartbreakingly poetic.
i have no words. she made us feel her emotions. the graphic descriptions of her experiences, and the ways in which she self sabotaged as a result of her childhood trauma was surreal.
read this book, but please PLEASE be careful. it is very heavy and personally, i found it a little triggering.
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Suicide attempt and Cultural appropriation
antidietleah's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
penny_dlc's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, and Sexual content
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape
rbrano's review against another edition
5.0
Lots of trigger warnings should be listed, but I’ll just say that if you have any deep trauma, basically anything at all save perhaps personal experience with combat and war, you should proceed with caution. Personally I found it very healing to hear about a girl whose lives experience aligns so closely with mine as a child. It helped me to be angry and scared and helpless with her. It was deeply validating, especially to watch her stumble through adulthood after all of those years without the foundation that should have been built for her as a child.
This book was inspiring without being ham-fisted, tragic without being melodramatic, heartbreaking without being hopeless, and above all, an artistic expression of a woman who should have never made it to where she did but did anyway.
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy
urastrologygf's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship