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A review by rebeccasian274
The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir by Yrsa Daley-Ward
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Quite impressed - a great story of a young Black woman growing up in the institutionally racist UK, and the identity crisis and mental illness it can bring. Yrsa uses the free verse naturally without overdoing it and I loved the cyclical ending of the unicorn in the rosebush ! I will say it was incredibly harrowing and took some pauses to process but should be expected due to the nature of the book.
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Addiction