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hannah_and_her_stories's review against another edition
challenging
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hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Cancer
byagz's review against another edition
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fast-paced
5.0
I will read anything and everything by akwaeke emezi. Reading their work—it is so blatantly obvious—they know wtf they’re doing. this memoir made me cry, it was inspiring in moments, full of real shit. You can feel their energy through their words. Straight up powerful. Powerful. this book is covered in highlights. their writing is unlike any other for me.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt
hailskp's review against another edition
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emotional
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4.5
Breathtaking! A book everyone should read. It’s a beautiful, evocative, tense and wild expression of embodiment, what it means to be alive, and in a liminal space. I was in awe and uncomfortable and confronted with my own body. This is a classic which I know is not the authors intention, instead it is to find the power of spirit, to accept our death, our life and be in our truest essence.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Transphobia
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