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maggies's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
2.0
An important story, to be sure, but written in much too conversational a tone for my liking. The content was at least high school level, given the wide array of traumas explored, but the style was more like second grade, and it was a turn off for me. Also, perhaps because the book was initially published in 2016, the ideas/solutions presented in the call to action in the last two-ish chapters were less than revolutionary. I definitely felt for Diane and her family and families like hers, just couldn't get on board with the delivery.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use
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