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Nanette – kymmenen askelta by Hannah Gadsby

55 reviews

psitstorrie's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

This book was extremely healing for me. It’s dark and messed up, but the way they tell their story is unlike any other book I’ve read. There are hard parts but the humor is balanced so well that it never is too much. If you are neurodivergent or queer, this book will make you feel seen and loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence

augustar14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

Like Nanette but for an entire book.  Exceeded my expectations and I was already delighted to see that it was read by Hannah herself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Bullying, Body shaming, Misogyny, Mental illness, Hate crime, Grief, Cancer, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Ableism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Moderate: Classism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape

pannamarchewka's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Dysphoria, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Rape, and Violence

mads_jpg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

3.75

Bloody funny and emotional but also bloody long. I genuinely really enjoyed it but I do wish some parts were edited down just a liiiittle bit more, but I can see with a story this personal it must've been hard to cut it down. If you liked Nanette then you'll obviously like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Minor: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

erebus53's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This is a book I find it really hard to review. For starters If you don't know who Hannah Gadsby is, you probably ought to see the Netflix version of Nanette first. It provides a lot of context that you would probably gain insight from. I'm really grateful that this version of the book is narrated by the author. I think it would lose a lot of its oomph if someone else was narrating it for her.. it just wouldn't fit.

Nanette and the story of the creation thereof, is an exercise (exorcise) in trauma, in violence and exclusion meted out upon a Neurodivergent (in her case Autistic ADHD) lesbian woman from Tasmania (in Australia). There is profanity and no holds barred descriptions of medicalised womanhood, sexual assault, rape, bad dad jokes, and physical violence. The whole thing is designed to be in your face, because too may people just don't engage with the things that happen to you if you are underprivileged. 

As a result this book is full of jabs at cis-het-white-men.. but that is because it's less problematic to "punch up" than down. Gadsby is deliberately seeking to subvert the form of comedy, to parody the man-and-the-mic standup look, and to kick the audience in the gut with a bit of a wakeup call.

Yes of course I am biased. I'm also a vagina wielding Autistic f*** up. I know how it is.  Life doesn't ever really stop breaking you, but you do tend to learn survival skills along the way. I own my privilege.. there are plenty of things that I have going for me that mean that people take me seriously. I'm not brown, I spell conventionally.. I can define conventionally.. my parents were both together in their own home before my mother died and I inherited enough to buy my own mortgage (lucky me!) So yes, I am biased in my opinion of this book, but I like to think that it's because I am the target audience. I see my like, in Hannah Gadsby. She's about my age, also brought up in the Antipodes, and she wrote this book for the brethren and sistren who have also dealt with being othered for their sex, gender, presentation, sexual orientation, neurotype, sensitivities, and benign differences.

Bloody good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Blood, Dysphoria, Ableism, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Rape

anomiques's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Bullying, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Blood

burdasnest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I know this memoir details the ways in which Hannah Gadsby's brain has not been historically valued, but truly no other brain could have produced this funny, subversive, relatable, trauma-dumpster-fire of a work. I truly believe their unique way of thinking has gotten at intersectional issues that have yet to be recognized academically, all while just trying to take up their proper space in the world and reduce the burden of trauma for people to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Ableism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Racism, Pedophilia, Genocide, Abortion, Addiction, and Police brutality

pantherguin's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Great book, narrated by the author themselves. Thoroughly enjoyed. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Sexism, Child abuse, Racism, Abortion, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma

beccajreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Listening to this book is an experience. I'd recommend it, though it's not always easy listening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Drug use, Homophobia, and Rape