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Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz
1 review
demimimica's review
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Rating this memoir with anything less than 5 stars feels like reducing the suffering of hundreds of people to arbitrary criteria such as “is it well written enough?” “Is this memoir sad enough?” “Is it orderly and understandable?” “Is it easy for me to digest?” I understand using these criteria to judge fiction, but this is different. These events happened. These people died. The book is engulfed in flames and the most gut-wrenching, enthralling anger.
This doesn't feel like something for me to judge. It is a cry for help, and all we can do is listen.
This doesn't feel like something for me to judge. It is a cry for help, and all we can do is listen.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Abortion, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
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