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kell_xavi's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Police brutality and Rape
misdiagnosistetrootz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Self harm, Grief, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Rape, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Drug use, Ableism, Classism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Vomit, Physical abuse, and Medical content
Moderate: Police brutality and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Dementia
siebensommer's review
4.0
my rage felt too dangerous to be aired outside of my bedroom
Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, Ableism, Abandonment, and Mental illness
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
jillyclaire23's review
4.0
I was wishing for a slightly more hopeful ending to help me recover from reading how many traumatic things happened to Fern. I guess I appreciate that she didn’t try to tie it up into a pretty bow. In the conclusion, though, it almost felt like she was conceding to the “autism parents” out there who are raising autistic kids instead of addressing actual autistic adult readers and giving them hope. This felt uncharacteristic of her since she discussed the problem of autism research being geared toward parents of autistic children and disregarding the fact that those kids grow up to be adults. So the ending was slightly disappointing, but it still moved me. My other issue is her fat-shaming and negative descriptions of people’s appearances. Also, I would’ve appreciated if her descriptions of other women and her relationship to them were more problematized—a lot of them came off as internalized misogyny.
Despite this, I am grateful for any chance to hear from another autistic woman and her experience. Like she says in the book, learning about your neurotype is like a REALLY accurate Meyers-Briggs test. The sense of community I get in hearing her talk about experiences that resemble my own is pretty lifechanging. I also appreciated reading about her unusual career path in life. It’s hard to be surrounded by unrealistic neurotypical narratives all the time!
After reading, I promptly watched her interviews and comedy specials. She’s awesome. Her understanding and sense of justice when it comes to the experiences and treatment of neurodivergent people are refreshing.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Police brutality
hanne_chummy's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Grief, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Drug use, Eating disorder, Violence, Sexual violence, Self harm, Misogyny, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
mads_jpg's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Classism, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual content, Addiction, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Misogyny
smillas_tales's review
My only issue with this novel is Brady’s fatphobia. I’m sure no ill harm is meant, but the frequent comments regarding size and looks, and how these are used to emphasize the negative character of individual stood out to me and took away from my reading experience.
I’ll have a full review up at some point, when I get the time and energy.
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Ableism
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Biphobia, Abandonment, Infidelity, Police brutality, Misogyny, Classism, and Suicidal thoughts
bb8isbbgr8t's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Gaslighting, Death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Ableism
sabbcm's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Self harm
Moderate: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
bearystarry's review against another edition
4.75
Just wish there was less fatphobia.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Grief, Self harm, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Bullying, and Alcohol
Moderate: Police brutality, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, and Vomit
Minor: Rape, Racism, and Pandemic/Epidemic