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booksnacks's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Religious bigotry and Sexual assault
Minor: Suicide attempt
ocha10x's review
5.0
Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Mental illness, Genocide, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Sexual assault
dianakamau's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Racism, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Toxic friendship, Cancer, Abortion, and Body shaming
eve81's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Addiction, Child death, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Murder, Domestic abuse, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Misogyny
remimicha's review
4.75
Graphic: Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Police brutality, Body shaming, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Cancer, and Death
voidboi's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Mental illness
Moderate: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer
buttermellow's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia and Racism
Moderate: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault
june_haya's review
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual assault, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Violence
Minor: Abortion and Suicidal thoughts
ltulisiak's review against another edition
5.0
Additionally, the author is originally from Buffalo, NY, and was partially raised in the greater Cleveland, OH, area, so I felt a geographical connection with her, as well.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Classism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Sexual violence
Minor: Suicide attempt
raelin's review against another edition
5.0
This book covers so many categories, since each chapter is written almost as a stand alone essay then grouped together to make one book that does tie every chapter together into a cohesive work. It is masterfully done.
All people represented in this work are dimensional humans, with several different facets. Her mother isn’t just a bipolar religious fanatic. Her father isn’t just an alcoholic abuser. They are also caring, loving, supportive parents. This is how real people are, but not often how people are captured in the written word. The beautiful contradictions that fill our relationships with people are so accurately described.
This book is so much more than memoir. It is also history, inspires self reflection (by directly asking the reader to answer hard questions about their perspective), insight into the writing process, commentary on social media, self persecution, and so much more.
A definite must read for everyone that can handle the content warnings.
Moderate: Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse