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kayaisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, and Gaslighting
Minor: Body shaming, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
sapphicmuscaria's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
neverlandpages4's review against another edition
5.0
I have not felt this immersed in a book in a long time. This book broke me down and taught me so much at the same time. I felt like I was there with the author because of the intimate use of second person POV. The intense and honest details of the relationship were terrifying to read, knowing that this is biographical. I don’t have the right words to describe what this book made me feel, but I think that it’s one everyone should read because it’s life changing.
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
• I’ve already raved about this author’s writing but I’m obsessed with her writing!! I was mesmerized by the vivid imagery and the creative and unique metaphors. I could try to describe how good the writing is but I don’t think I would do it justice. And I loved the second person POV and how it addresses the reader.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬
“How do we do right by the wronged people of the past without physical evidence of their suffering?”
• A lot of this book centers around domestic abuse, psychological abuse, and abuse in queer relationships. It talks about how so many people aren’t believed when they speak out about their trauma because it isn’t physical or visible.
• I went into this expecting a story about an abusive relationship, but it was so much more. There’s a lot about queer history, queer characters, stereotypes, and much, much more. I felt like I learned a lot from this. It immensely changed the way I view so many different things from abusive relationships, to heteronormative relationships, to villains, and a lot of other things I never thought about.
𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭
• This book has the most genius format ever. The author was able to capture how abusive relationships are a never ending cycle through the format of this book and it’s one of the most creative things I’ve ever seen.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Blood
Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy
librarymouse's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Pregnancy
rieviolet's review against another edition
3.5
I did not get along with the narrative structure, I found the rapid-fire succession of chapters (supposed to show different genres and narrative styles) too much disjointed and confusing. The writing style is a bit too much experimental for me.
I liked much more the chapters that were "essay-like", exploring queer history and theory. However, I think that this mixing of informative chapters together with more literary and elaborately written ones was a bit jarring, it felt like two different books mashed up.
Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
hannibanani29's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
jurizprudence's review against another edition
4.75
“ . . . you can be hurt by people who look just like you. Not only can it happen, it probably will, because the world is full of hurt people who hurt people.”
so beautifully-written, brutal in its honesty, and heartbreaking.
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Racism, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Classism
cianarae's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
saintsunshine's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Drug use, Homophobia, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
mallory10100's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Vomit, Dementia, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
this book really doesn’t feel like non fiction, but it’s a chilling true story and i highly recommend it