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Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition) by Cheryl Strayed
33 reviews
waytoomanybooks's review against another edition
5.0
There are two quotes towards the end of the memoir that I feel capture the essence of the advice Sugar/Cheryl gives:
“It was a becoming that I would not have dreamed was mine” (323)
“Your life will be a great and continous unfolding” (351).
I highly recommend this book. And if you like this one, then you will also love How to be a Person in the World by Heather Havrilesky/Ask Polly.
Graphic: Mental illness and Grief
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Abandonment, Drug use, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Abortion, Chronic illness, Classism, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Suicide
amelia_d's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Incest, Grief, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
amkleintje's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Rape, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Death, and Child abuse
nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Incest, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Rape
dealingwithdragons's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Animal death
idesofmarch's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse
Moderate: Sexual content
sreddous's review against another edition
5.0
I LOVE the way Sugar writes. The balance of sweet and gentle but also firm makes so much sense to me. There are some gorgeous, highly-quotable moments here. There are some heartbreaking stories. I felt gut-punched by a lot of these stories and questions. I believe Sugar knows just when to use long, flowery sentences and short, hard-hitting ones.
I see some other reviews saying that the advice doesn't work for them because a ton of these answers/columns involve Sugar telling her own stories as comparison -- this is a fair critique, but for me personally, it really really works. My brain likes to see a "similar yet different" story that also "tells the same moral/arrives at the same conclusion", so if your brain also works similarly, I definitely recommend this. But, I can see why Sugar's "here's a story that happened to me that's kinda relevant" format might not work for everyone. Still, it worked like heck for me.
Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Drug use
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
readbyroska's review against another edition
5.0
you’re feeling lost, hopeless, not good enough, deserving but unlucky, regretful, guilty, ashamed, disempowered, confused, heartbroken, lonely, isolated, alone, misunderstood, underachieving.
Read if you are a partner, wife, husband, mother, father, boyfriend, girlfriend, daughter, son, child, friend, fuck buddy, teacher, student.
Read it if you don’t have anyone in your life who can love you and know you but still tell it to your straight.
You will find something here for you, so sift through and find it.
Minor: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Child death, Classism, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Abortion, Incest, Addiction, Cancer, Transphobia, Rape, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Drug abuse
bearforrest's review against another edition
4.0
Overall liked it
Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault
tiphtap's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Homophobia