gtrue21's review
challenging
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Medical content, and Physical abuse
navayiota's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
This was really powerful. I'm really glad I read it even if it was really hard at times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Rape, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Racism
Minor: Alcohol and Incest
veronicats's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Oh my God.
I don't read a lot of memoirs or non fiction in general these days, but I am SO glad I read this. I smiled a lot, I cried, I was thinking about passages and phrases and quotes from it for hours afterwards.
I think this is hit so close because she talks about her relationships with her parents. The emotionally absent mother and physically absent father are figures I know only too well. She said so many things I've thought but could never articulate.
I recommend this to everyone. It is so, so good. So powerful. I know I'll be coming back to things I read in this book a LOT.
I don't read a lot of memoirs or non fiction in general these days, but I am SO glad I read this. I smiled a lot, I cried, I was thinking about passages and phrases and quotes from it for hours afterwards.
I think this is hit so close because she talks about her relationships with her parents. The emotionally absent mother and physically absent father are figures I know only too well. She said so many things I've thought but could never articulate.
I recommend this to everyone. It is so, so good. So powerful. I know I'll be coming back to things I read in this book a LOT.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Mental illness
Minor: Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking
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