Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Nothing Is Okay by Rachel Wiley

6 reviews

lidia7's review

fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Abandonment, Racism, Sexism, Rape, Body shaming, and Misogyny

Minor: Eating disorder, Medical content, Animal death, Cursing, Biphobia, Medical trauma, Death, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

pixa's review

reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I entirely picked this book on the cover, so I’m surprised at how much I could relate to Wiley. There’s lots of unvarnished honesty in here. I saw a lot of reviews on that other site about it being “dramatic,” but I can only wonder if those people are just uncomfortable or unfamiliar with struggle. The relative plainness of the language in sections makes it less dramatic to me - it’s just what happened/happens. 

The compilation starts out really strong with But They Say I Will Not Make It and then Mixed Girl. Other favorites were Glory in Two Parts, Fat Joke, A Green Book For My Niece, When We Were Kings, One Day, and Belly Kisses. 

No One’s really hurt - if animal death gets you, please skip. 

I didn’t relate as much to the dating stuff, but a lot of it was quirky and amusing. Some of the things pointed out as “bad” in reviews were so obviously bad on purpose I don’t know how anyone missed that being bad was the point (i.e., twists on pick up lines). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Fatphobia, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death

mxpringle's review

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Sexism, Misogyny, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content

vaniavela's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Racial slurs, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

softgalaxy's review

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Nothing is Okay slowly takes your heart out of your chest and crushes it with its own self-love. I'm serious - this book is overwhelming. I love it. As a fat person, I have struggled with my fatness and using the word 'fat', but Wiley just takes all of those negative thoughts and chucks them out of the window. Wiley's words will empower you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Lesbophobia

madz's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Child abuse, and Eating disorder