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meltrafford's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
klizzoli's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.0
zinelib's review against another edition
informative
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4.25
I'm so curious about asexuality, especially as someone experiencing menopause onset low libido/sex aversion. Burgess shares her story of coming to understand her sexuality, when it was something she didn't even find out about until college. It's a good primer, but I think I liked her novel on a similar theme better. You do you!
kat_pants's review against another edition
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3.5
This graphic memoir is informative about asexuality, and an insightful window into the author's youth and struggles. I personally didn't love the art style, and found that the focus on asexuality was a bit muddled with the book's other themes of autism and OCD. I feel that the title mis-represents the story as a handbook to asexual people or their loved ones, while the story mostly focuses on Bex's personal story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia
mir_sputnik's review against another edition
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4.75
jkunke's review against another edition
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4.75
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5.0
5/5
Quise leer How to be Ace en Netgalley porque quería aprovechar esta novela gráfica para informarme sobre la asexualidad, y tengo que decir que me ha gustado mucho la manera en la que Rebecca cuenta todo por lo que ha pasado durante su juventud y después, informando de una manera clara y cercana sobre como llegó ella a saber que era asexual y a aceptarse sin exigirse nada más.
Tengo que decir que hasta hace relativamente poco (un año o poco más) no conocía los términos ace y aro, que tampoco hay mucha representación (de las pocas que he visto ha sido Kelly en la saga Green Creek de TJ Klune) y a lo largo de esta novela me he sentido identificada con varias de las situaciones que ha vivido Rebecca, y es que vivimos en una sociedad en la que parece que está "mal visto" no tener pareja o no tener ganas de tener pareja, ya no hablemos de relaciones sexuales.
Si queréis conocer más sobre el tema os recomiendo esta novela gráfica, y si alguien conoce más libros con representación contadme, me interesa.
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5/5 stars
I wanted to read How to be Ace on Netgalley because I wanted to take advantage of this graphic novel to inform myself about asexuality, and I have to say that I really liked the way Rebecca shared everything she went through during her youth and afterwards, reporting on a clear and close way of how she came to know that she was asexual and to accept herself without demanding anything else.
I have to say that until recently (a year or a little more) I did not know the terms ace and aro, that there is not much representation (of the few that I have seen has been Kelly in the Green Creek series by TJ Klune) and throughout this novel I have felt identified with several of the situations that Rebecca has experienced, and that is because we live in a society in which it seems that it is "frowned upon" not to have a partner or not feel like having a partner, let's not talk about not caring about sexual relationshis.
If you want to know more about the subject, I recommend this graphic novel, and if someone knows more books with representation, tell me, I'm interested.
Quise leer How to be Ace en Netgalley porque quería aprovechar esta novela gráfica para informarme sobre la asexualidad, y tengo que decir que me ha gustado mucho la manera en la que Rebecca cuenta todo por lo que ha pasado durante su juventud y después, informando de una manera clara y cercana sobre como llegó ella a saber que era asexual y a aceptarse sin exigirse nada más.
Tengo que decir que hasta hace relativamente poco (un año o poco más) no conocía los términos ace y aro, que tampoco hay mucha representación (de las pocas que he visto ha sido Kelly en la saga Green Creek de TJ Klune) y a lo largo de esta novela me he sentido identificada con varias de las situaciones que ha vivido Rebecca, y es que vivimos en una sociedad en la que parece que está "mal visto" no tener pareja o no tener ganas de tener pareja, ya no hablemos de relaciones sexuales.
Si queréis conocer más sobre el tema os recomiendo esta novela gráfica, y si alguien conoce más libros con representación contadme, me interesa.
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5/5 stars
I wanted to read How to be Ace on Netgalley because I wanted to take advantage of this graphic novel to inform myself about asexuality, and I have to say that I really liked the way Rebecca shared everything she went through during her youth and afterwards, reporting on a clear and close way of how she came to know that she was asexual and to accept herself without demanding anything else.
I have to say that until recently (a year or a little more) I did not know the terms ace and aro, that there is not much representation (of the few that I have seen has been Kelly in the Green Creek series by TJ Klune) and throughout this novel I have felt identified with several of the situations that Rebecca has experienced, and that is because we live in a society in which it seems that it is "frowned upon" not to have a partner or not feel like having a partner, let's not talk about not caring about sexual relationshis.
If you want to know more about the subject, I recommend this graphic novel, and if someone knows more books with representation, tell me, I'm interested.
atlasisreading's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia