A review by karlo
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

3.75

the fact that the acknowledgments had to be split into the living and the dead... who's cutting onions?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Car accident, and Murder