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Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Outing
Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment
Minor: Confinement, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic
I want to squeeze her for all that she has gone through. She seems like a really sweet person, and mom.
“I’m everywhere I’m so Julia.”
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy
Julia’s life story is a whirlwind and she really has been through a lot, I can’t help but feel admiration for her strength and resilience despite heart break after heartbreak and addiction after addiction. I hope life’s treating her better now.
Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Excrement, Car accident, Death of parent
I felt so bad for Julia while reading about her self destructive patterns, and also the amount of people who took advantage of her. I can't believe she's still standing. The amount of loss she has experienced seems unbearable. She is truly inspiring when it comes to building a name for herself despite all the setbacks.
This book provided an inside perspective on how struggling with drug addiction can look. I learned a lot. When drugs becomes rutine, a necessity for handling stress or abstinences, or the only way keep social relationships (especially romantic ones), it's easy to rely on it.
I'd say it becomes gradually more and more feministic as Julia keeps having romantic relationships with controlling men and she realizes her worth and need for independence. As she grows she doesn't want to feel trapped by men anymore, and she makes that very clear.
I also liked that she was so open about her parents struggling to be good parents.
The reason why I didn't rate it higher was because I couldn't keep up with all of the names, and sometimes I felt like the story repeated itself. When that's said, I can't really blame her for that, because that's exactly what she lived through. I mean, she did in fact repeat the same mistakes again and again irl, so obv, she wrote about it. It was just a lot.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Blood
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Alcohol
Minor: Abortion
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Speechless.
P.s check the content warnings for this. It is a very graphic book.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship