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fayemomodu's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
ellornaslibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Infidelity
Minor: Death and Fire/Fire injury
filisia's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Sexual assault
mybetzfriend's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Violence, and Gaslighting
cheyennedowls's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence
Minor: Lesbophobia
aserna0831's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship
rosemaryandrue's review against another edition
4.75
I've had this book on my to-read list for a while now, intrigued by the innovative structuring of the memoir. The writing is lush, dark and dreamlike, plunging the reader headfirst into the chaotic whirlpool of Machado's experience. In every section, she pecks at the crystallized past from different angles, and you are really pulled into the difficulty of unravelling something so dense and disjointed and senseless. It made my eyes ache.
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Alcoholism
mirandalikesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
The thing that sets this book apart is the way it was written. The tone feels like poetry while equally being digestible and readable. The switch between first and second person was such an interesting way to tell a story. The "I" was disconnected from the "you" but still told told a cohesive account of Machado's story. The you chapters invited the reader in to examine the parts of their reality that they are disconnected from too.
This perspective on domestic abuse intersected with queer culture intersected with fat culture and with religious trauma is engaging and terrible and inspiring.
A wonderful read.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Addiction, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Stalking, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Homophobia
Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Mental illness
imposter_daisy's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Minor: Alcoholism
7juniormint's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Alcoholism