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mads_reads_books's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Vomit and Sexual assault
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Excrement, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
runbeck's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Medical content, Transphobia, and Body shaming
Minor: Excrement, Gaslighting, Drug use, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Outing, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicidal thoughts
stephmcoakley's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, Deadnaming, Drug use, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Vomit, Body shaming, Self harm, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Excrement, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia
dani_reis's review against another edition
0.5
Graphic: Self harm, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Excrement, Alcohol, Body horror, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Vomit
sorcha's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Stalking, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Sexual content, and Medical content
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Eating disorder
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Outing, Mental illness, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Deadnaming, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic
dalstellar's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Rape, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, and Homophobia
moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition
5.0
I really resonated with the way he described some more internal experiences - as a fellow pisces, that internal escapism is unfortunately quite a mood (especially re: the closet and gender dysphoria). I really enjoyed the different aspects of relationships he discussed in here and the discussion of boundaries and autonomy. There were definitely some hard parts to read emotionally, but it was all really well done and I really liked this book!
Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Dysphoria, Excrement, Bullying, Outing, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Minor: Colonisation
stellahadz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Stalking, Transphobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Medical content, Eating disorder, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Deadnaming
Minor: Excrement and Vomit
hazelwood's review against another edition
3.5
That said, I haven't read many memoirs in my life, so take this with a grain of salt: I didn't really like the way the book is written with the events all out of order. It was confusing and tended to give me metaphorical whiplash. But maybe that's just the way memoirs are. I also wish that Elliot had gone into more about his transition and his feelings about it. The whole thing felt rushed into at the end of the book, with only a few sentences about taking hormones. I get it if he wants privacy about his current life, but considering how depressing the rest of the book's events are, I feel like readers could benefit from seeing more of the light at the end of the tunnel. Perhaps the memoir could have been left to simmer for a few years while Elliot got used to his "new" life, giving him more moments of trans joy to write about?
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Excrement, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Dysphoria, Medical content, Sexual assault, Stalking, Rape, Drug use, Hate crime, Deadnaming, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts
callidoralblack's review against another edition
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Vomit, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Excrement, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia