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sophieherr's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt
henriettaenam's review against another edition
Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Abandonment
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Toxic relationship
sofipitch's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Infertility, and Transphobia
souplover2001's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia
laurareads87's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
savvylit's review against another edition
4.5
Furthermore, beyond the powerful subject matter of Dear Senthuran, this memoir is absolutely brimming with unforgettable sentences. My own words can't do their words justice. Thus, here are a few quotes from Dear Senthuran:
"If just this terrified you - the tip of a feather - how am I supposed to open up entire wings?"
"What is love if not a shield thrown up around you when you are too injured to throw it up yourself?"
"People can do such spectacular things if you forget to tell them it's impossible. I want them to try."
"Part of bending the world we want into existence is that we get to choose who we want to be in it with, and I choose you."
Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
solenodon's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria
Minor: Sexual content
laurenleigh's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, and Medical content
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Fire/Fire injury
foreverinastory's review against another edition
5.0
I've had the pleasure of reading both Freshwater and The Death of Vivek Oji so I knew I would be inhaling Emezi's memoir as soon as I could. Dear Senthuran has solidified Emezi as one of my favorite authors of all time. Any time they come out with something new, I will be reading it immediately.
This memoir is not an easy book to read. Emezi has chronic depression and has lived through several suicide attempts. Reading about their struggles and how being an author on tour only exacerbated their depression is something readers and fans almost never see. We see the shiny, polished author who puts their best face forward during the extent of the tour where as many cities as possible are crammed in.
So much of this book is about pain. But it's also about becoming who you are. The thing I related to the most was Emezi's struggles with gender and defining exactly what their gender was. Plus dealing with dysphoria and taking steps to treat it. They also discuss how this impacted their relationship with their mother.
This book took a knife to my soul and it felt like someone finally understood the thoughts in my head I haven't been able to verbalize. Read this book as soon as you can.
CWs: Death, emotional abuse, homophobia, medical content (gender affirming surgeries), misogyny, racism, religious bigotry, sexism, self harm, sexual content, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, toxic relationship, transphobia, body horror, mental illness (depression).
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt