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Beautiful, perfect. I never listen to audiobooks but this one was so good. Such a haunting and impactful book. I loved how each chapter was its own self contained thing but also moved their story along. Some incredibly beautiful prose and poetry along with insightful reflections on being queer.

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dreaming_ace's review against another edition

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I am giving this book 5 stars because it is an important book and because the structure was fascinating not because it was an easy or fun read.

edgarallanfoe's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5
As beautifully insightful as it is tragic and haunting, Machado’s voice rings out among the countless queer women making themselves and their lives understood as profoundly human. It serves as a memoir, a meditation on surviving abuse, another link in queer feminist literature, and more. It’s incredible stuff.

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3.0

I've got mixed feelings about this. It's not really my place to talk about the author's experience, so outside of that, I think my biggest issue is the writing/pacing.. there are chapters that were too convoluted and overly described in a poetic way that really just takes me out of the book. I have no doubt the author can write, but the writing style is probably not for me.

ivyrob's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

joyribbon's review against another edition

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5.0

died and came back to life like 3 times reading this

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