Reviews with content warning for Acephobia/Arophobia - How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual

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

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hazelwood's review against another edition

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4.5

Wow, it's kind of scary how much the author and I have in common. It was really comforting to learn how they were able to survive and forge out a happy life despite experiencing ocd and emetophobia. And their experience being asexual was very relatable. It made me grateful that I grew up in a time where it was easier to stumble upon resources about asexuality through the internet. I kind of wish that there was more to the book, because sometimes it felt like I was missing information. But overall I really liked it!

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hidan's review against another edition

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4.25

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alisonannk's review against another edition

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5.0

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theothergrl's review against another edition

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3.0

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londonfog_13's review against another edition

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4.0

One artist’s journey exploring and coming to understand their asexuality. Almost equal time and space seems to be given to their experience as a person with OCD and how they managed the symptoms of anxiety and panic.

There were some pages or scenes within a chapter where there was a quick transition and I went looking for the missing page or whatever I missed, but I had in fact not missed anything.

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mfrisk's review against another edition

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4.0

This graphic novel was a good read on both asexuality as well as how for the author this experience intersected with other aspects of their identity including their mental health journey.

At times the book felt like it was trying to tackle a lot all at once but I still do think it’s well worth the read.

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mir_frog73's review against another edition

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5.0

This was really nice to read because it was a real person with the same identity as me learning how to accept themself.

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poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

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5.0

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ashylibrarian's review against another edition

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4.0

A moving graphic memoir about growing up in a sex-obsessed world and discovering asexuality.

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gemstonejasper's review against another edition

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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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