Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess

2 reviews

gemstonejasper's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

Great memoir about growing up ace (and with OCD and a severe phobia, which I didn't expect). I recommend it to anyone who feels like they are different but don't know why. Overall, I think this book does a good job demonstrating why diversity is so crucial in media, especially media targeted toward kids. She perfectly describes the feeling of not having words to describe your experience and the only people in media that represent this aspect of you are sociopaths and serial killers. She also describes how she felt the first time she saw this part of herself represented in the media and how more representation will lead to more education and more accepting societies. Anyway, it was a great, fairly quick read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Sexual harassment

emily_mh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

I liked the art style of this one and the memoir narrative. It was also intensely relatable for me personally. However, there was something missing and I can’t quite put my finger on it. It might be that the premise is framed as coming to terms with your asexuality, when in reality it focusses more on discovering your asexuality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor warnings for imprisonment, theft, disownment. Moderate warnings for disordered eating and internalised acephobia. HP reference.