Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - Minha Experiência Lésbica Com A Solidão

Darker than I expected, but this really hit home somewhere deep inside me. Some aspects of the story were not handled in the best way in my opinion, but I appreciate the rawness and storytelling of the author and wish I could give her a hug <3

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readingrotom's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Very short but I enjoyed it for what it is though I hope Japan legalizes same sex marriage soon for Nagata’s sake and frankly that she joins a book club or lgbt group and makes some friends lol

Heads up the book start off very explicitly talking about her self harm (cutting), ratings disorders (binge eating and anorexia) if those are sensitive topics and she has mom issues tripped up in her lonely romantic/sexual life (tho I agree with her it was tied to her trying to stay childish to get more parental love/unconditional love esp of a parent then anything else) I feel like might be sensitive topic for many.

Also the book ngl made very grateful about the quality of sex education I had formally and informally and even my sex education didn’t mention the clitoris at all being a thing while telling us about particular glands that helped cis men get off vs everything for “girls” was about pregnancy outside of my teachers being feminist enough to say the hymen and idea you can tell if a woman is Virgin is bullshit

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madanxiety's review against another edition

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4.0

I live for these kind of narratives. Raw honesty about really taboo things that really shouldn't be so taboo. Sex is so normalized in our society, but for deeply anxious, poor communicators like us, it's actually terrifying 😂. That's why seeing an escort is so appealing, because like Nagata describes in the book, it's like you can skip past the part where you're embarrassed or trying to please others and instead just be yourself.

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endemictoearth's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

This was a tough read. I actually almost DNFed it a third of the way through, but saw the overall reviews were positive so continued. I think this is a brave and unflinching exploration of the author's issues around self worth and intimacy, but it was very uncomfortable to read at points. With the title, I definitely figured it wouldn't be happy fun times, but I wasn't quite prepared for how dark this would get.

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narrnaul's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.25

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rebeccawesome's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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