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sarahna's review
emotional
informative
medium-paced
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Classism, Racism, Ableism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
zombiezami's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
tense
fast-paced
4.25
This book made me mad and fired up in the best possible way. Some of this information was stuff I already knew here and there, but it was great to see it laid out all together. I didn't necessarily relate to the compulsion to overwork that the author and their interviewees experienced; I'm pretty adamant about leaving work at work. Still, I notice this around me, and I know it's because of larger structural issues that make people feel they have to behave this way.
I definitely feel that the beginning of the book was stronger than the latter portions. I understood that the laziness lie applied to areas other than labor, but I think the author could have made those connections to other areas a little more clear. Still, I loved this, and it gave me a lot to think about.
I definitely feel that the beginning of the book was stronger than the latter portions. I understood that the laziness lie applied to areas other than labor, but I think the author could have made those connections to other areas a little more clear. Still, I loved this, and it gave me a lot to think about.
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Self harm
Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Genocide, and Racism
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