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mirandalikesbooks's review against another edition
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
karie's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual assault
fromtheyellowchair's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault
crochet8books's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse
mald626's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Vomit, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity
Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury
gansey_02's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content
alicia_ann_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Partly because I could see my own trauma all throughout and it was written in the second person which made it incredibly cathartic; but also because the author interspersed her memoir with information, other stories and events that paralleled or highlighted her, and others experiences and was written in an almost poetic manner.
Just such a phenomenal book.
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Alcohol and Drug abuse
regent_ace's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Hate crime
saviirose's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Rape
auteaandtales's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment