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Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

54 reviews

mx_manda's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

5.0

I am so glad I chose to listen to the Audible of this book, because hearing it in Hannah's voice gave me the context clues I needed to interpret her story—I really struggle to understand inflection and tone, so I always go for the option of listening to the author when given it. It took me some time to get through, because the first couple chapters are just so long, and took a lot of time for me to process. Hannah's a few years older than I am, and I found her story very relatable—minus her more violent traumas—even growing up in small town America around the same time. I felt Seen listening to this one, and I appreciated the small doses of humor that break up the heaviness. 

If you can, I think the audio is the way to go with this one. You'll be glad you did.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Cancer, Homophobia, and Ableism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Rape, and Pedophilia

juliaya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexism, Mental illness, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, and Addiction

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

I knew absolutely nothing about Hannah Gadsby when I saw Ten Steps to Nanette pop up on Netgalley and once I read the blurb I instantly knew I wanted to know more.

Ten Steps to Nanette is Hannah's brutally honest memoir where she openly talks about her unusual childhood growing up in Tasmania, where it was illegal to be gay until 1997, her uphill battle to attain her ASD diagnosis as an adult, a mountain of trauma she experienced, her life as a comedian and all the funny nitty gritty bits in-between. 

This isn't an easy read by any means and I spent huge sections spiraling from crying with laughter to tears of genuine sorrow at some of Hannah's experiences. But, what is clear is that Hannah has an amazingly powerful and poignant story to tell which everyone needs to hear and learn from. It's not doom and gloom as Hannah has a real talent in making even the darkest of situations have some comedic value. So do yourself a favour and go watch Nanette on Netflix and then pick up Ten Steps to Nanette on audiobook for a truly enlightening giggle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Lesbophobia, Outing, Rape, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Mental illness, and Hate crime

madisonfrank's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Violence, Abortion, Bullying, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Ableism, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual harassment

melissacushman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Powerful, amazing read. Simultaneously funny and devastating, informative, entertaining, and horrifying. All the stars, along with all the triggers warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Fatphobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Abortion, Colonisation, Car accident, and Medical content

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

5.0

When I have my thoughts in order I will write more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

kadtide's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Medical content, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Classism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

Minor: Abortion, Suicide, Bullying, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders

ankelsocks's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

TW: mental illness, suicide, physical- mental- sexual- child- abuse, trauma, physical trauma, depression, anxiety, genderdysphoria, lgbtqi+ abuse and more that I can't think of right now. 

I'm quite blown away by this book. The biggest chunk of it reads(listens) like an autobiography, detailing Hannah's life as a child in a tiny Tasmanian town to where she gains traction as a comedic artist. The last half is a detailed description of how she sculpted Nanette out of her trauma's. Red threads through the story are Hannah's autism, her relationship with her mother, her sexual- and gender identity and her (in)ability to interact with the world around her. The first half has its slow parts, but is generally really helping to gain insight in what made Hannah Gadsby who she is. She is witty, self -deprecating, but also critical and angry, especially when she mentions the political tensions surrounding homosexuality in Australia during her growing up. I listened to the audiobook, which I'd generally really recommend, since it's read by Hannah herself, telling you her story.
However much I loved this book, it was also incredibly triggering. Perhaps it was the added layer of hearing Hannah Gadsby read/tell the book herself, but the book is full to the brim with heavy topics. Suffering from mental illness myself, this book triggered anxiety attacks in me. I often listened to while cycling, and sometimes had to stop because the book made me too anxious or sad. 
If you can find a way to deal with that though, please read(or better: listen to) this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

ce_read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Cancer, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Suicide, Abortion, Mass/school shootings, and Dysphoria

paulap's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

She is able to tell her very hard struggles, traumas and stories with a warm, funny matter of fact tone that made this an amazing read. She is great.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts