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ems_book_shelf's review
5.0
Recommending this book a million times over
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Blood, Sexual assault, and Abandonment
hollyrebecca's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Alcohol
laur_astor's review against another edition
Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexual content and Homophobia
mirandalikesbooks's review
5.0
The thing that sets this book apart is the way it was written. The tone feels like poetry while equally being digestible and readable. The switch between first and second person was such an interesting way to tell a story. The "I" was disconnected from the "you" but still told told a cohesive account of Machado's story. The you chapters invited the reader in to examine the parts of their reality that they are disconnected from too.
This perspective on domestic abuse intersected with queer culture intersected with fat culture and with religious trauma is engaging and terrible and inspiring.
A wonderful read.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Addiction, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Stalking, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Homophobia
Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Mental illness
alongwithari's review
4.5
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Emotional abuse
moonlitemuseum's review
3.75
Graphic: Gaslighting, Bullying, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia
handful_of_frogs's review
3.75
Moderate: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting
shadysands's review
4.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
auroraks's review
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Bullying
iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Vomit, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Dementia and Drug abuse