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shewantsthediction's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Somewhere between 2 and 3 stars for me. I expected to like this a lot more from the way everyone gushes about it, but the writing style was extremely random. She'd bring up a topic, go on a tangent about something else, then randomly return to said topic, over and over again for the whole book. Sometimes she'd drop topics completely, which made for a jarring listening experience. I also didn't realize this was supposed to be a book of essays until the first one ended and I found out it wasn't memoir. She said several things I disagree with when it comes to trauma, but all of the indigenous stuff was obviously spot on.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Racism, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, and Hate crime
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