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You All Grow Up and Leave Me: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession by Piper Weiss
5 reviews
snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition
Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Body horror, Death, and Alcohol
ariam's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, and Pedophilia
dumaurier's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm
Moderate: Body shaming and Mental illness
moosycakes's review against another edition
4.5
Piper gets very difficult, complex and little talked about emotions across very well in this book. I also like how she included some stories regarding the difficulty of growing up Jewish in an area where that was seen as different/other, and about privilege and the difficulty in being able to see/recognise your own privilege- while not the main point of this memoir, it helped add to the picture of Piper's teenage life and brought up some important concepts.
I think a lot of people are disappointed in this book because they go into it expecting true crime. This is not really a true crime book, this is a book where someone is processing and explaining complex feelings regarding a crime, and the impact of how grooming behaviour and having a close relationship with a person who turns out to be a child stalker can have on a person, even if "nothing really happened" to them. This can be extremely complex mentally and for some people, this book could be extremely enlightening to their own mental state, complex histories, and difficult relationships with confusing trauma.
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Stalking, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood
Moderate: Eating disorder, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gore, Drug use, Bullying, and Body shaming
Minor: Infidelity
blueowl2ivy's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm
Moderate: Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Kidnapping