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lancakes's review against another edition
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
I'm bummed that what started out so beautifully ended so tragically. I don't know if I'd have picked up the book if I were aware Lucy Grealy passed away after many suicide attempts and addiction to heroin. Not that I find such things Wrong or Shameful - but honestly they hold a lot of fear and darkness for me. I want to watch La Bohème and Orpheus.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Drug use, Death, Suicide attempt, and Self harm
Minor: Abortion
isovirgo's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Cancer
usedtotheweather's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
The story of the friendship between the tortoise and the hare/ the ant and the grasshopper. About being adjacent to someone, friendship and care
Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
ellenorr's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
I don’t know how I feel about this book. I devoured it, but guiltily—like it was immoral to read a text that feels so exploitative. I will be thinking about it for a long while.
Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Addiction
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