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Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

16 reviews

sarahelem's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

What a bloody fantastic read. I loved Nanette and reading Gadsby's mémoir solidified my appreciation and love for this comedian and author (and human). The way she talks about misogyny in comedy, queer rights, and neurodiversity is poignant and provides essential content on these matters. A must read, in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Excrement, Medical trauma, Abortion, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

ankelsocks's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

TW: mental illness, suicide, physical- mental- sexual- child- abuse, trauma, physical trauma, depression, anxiety, genderdysphoria, lgbtqi+ abuse and more that I can't think of right now. 

I'm quite blown away by this book. The biggest chunk of it reads(listens) like an autobiography, detailing Hannah's life as a child in a tiny Tasmanian town to where she gains traction as a comedic artist. The last half is a detailed description of how she sculpted Nanette out of her trauma's. Red threads through the story are Hannah's autism, her relationship with her mother, her sexual- and gender identity and her (in)ability to interact with the world around her. The first half has its slow parts, but is generally really helping to gain insight in what made Hannah Gadsby who she is. She is witty, self -deprecating, but also critical and angry, especially when she mentions the political tensions surrounding homosexuality in Australia during her growing up. I listened to the audiobook, which I'd generally really recommend, since it's read by Hannah herself, telling you her story.
However much I loved this book, it was also incredibly triggering. Perhaps it was the added layer of hearing Hannah Gadsby read/tell the book herself, but the book is full to the brim with heavy topics. Suffering from mental illness myself, this book triggered anxiety attacks in me. I often listened to while cycling, and sometimes had to stop because the book made me too anxious or sad. 
If you can find a way to deal with that though, please read(or better: listen to) this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

davidbythebay's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully done. I listened to the audiobook read by Hannah Gadsby, with occasional audio clips from the Nanette Netflix special. This was heart-rending, honest, illuminating, and eviscerating in its joy and sorrow. I loved listening to Gadsby's story and the process undertaken to create Nanette. Beginning in childhood and giving context to much of her stand up as well as her life, this was a brilliantly crafted memoir of sorts. Without shying away, much like in her Nanette special, Gadsby speaks about her traumas. Trigger warnings for sexual assault, rape, child sexual abuse, homophobia, violence, hate crimes, neurodivergent abuse. Thank you, Hannah, for sharing your story and enlightening the world so much through Nanette and this memoir.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

helenbrand's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Minor: Pedophilia

wanderinglynn's review against another edition

challenging emotional

5.0

After watching Gadsby’s Netflix special “Nanette,” I was hooked. Nanette is not a comedy show to go into lightly. There is a lot of trauma. But it's so worth watching. I then watched Douglas. Again, brilliant. So when I learned of her "memoir situation," I immediately pre-ordered the audiobook. I wanted to hear Hannah tell her own story. 

Like Nanette, this is not an easy read (or listen). She has had more trauma in her 40-some years than really one person really should endure. But her matter-of-fact, almost brutal way of telling her story needs to be heard. It is a story full of trauma, which is a sad reality for far too many people, especially neuro-diverse and LBGTQ+ and women.

I recommend first watching Nanette, and then read this book. And then go watch Douglas. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

Hannah Gadsby has suffered a lot of trauma. Please be forewarned that she does discuss multiple incidents of trauma.