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marissaboone's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Violence, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Sexism, Blood, Cancer, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Torture
ladyrecordia's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs
maiahhtratchh's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Gaslighting, Racism, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Mental illness, and Racial slurs
satsumaorange's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture
Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Miscarriage, and Stalking
If you are reading these content warnings and are concerned about non-consensual sexual content:applejacksbooks's review against another edition
1.5
That being said, I should have DNF'd at like 30% when I thought the story was boring asf. I don't think that Tara really got past her Christian extremist upbringing once she started getting educated. This whole book reads like trauma porn of the ex-mormon variety and I hated it. Like yeah, it's sad that this was how she was raised, but how was she supposed to turn out differently when the government allows these people to exist like this? This book's pacing is incredibly slow. I had to listen to it at 2.25x speed just to get through it.
Tyler should have taken custody of Tara as soon as he was able to, ESPECIALLY after he basically witnessed Shawn assault her. I said this early on in my notes about this book and then doubled down on it later on. It could have saved her a lot of trauma. Another issue I had with this book is the liberal use of the N-word in the middle of it. Like yes, i know that this was something that affected Tara deeply, but there was no reason to have it used that much in the story. It just doubled down on my dislike of Shawn (lowkey Tara should have let his brains leak out during the motorcycle crash).
This book was so fucking painful to get through that I had to download Ice Planet Barbarians to listen to afterward because I need a palate cleanser from terrible main characters.
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Antisemitism, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry
aspvisualarts's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child death, Medical trauma, Sexism, Body horror, Body shaming, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence
dlsmk's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Grief, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, and Gun violence
gellyreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Grief, Blood, and Emotional abuse
sarahkinney's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry
missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition
4.75
I would rate it higher if it didn’t get frustrating at points. Once again, living this is obviously much harder than simply reading about it, but I wanted to reach through the page and slap so many people silly. It was hard to get through the descriptions of the physical and emotional abuse.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Antisemitism, Mental illness, Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Racism