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Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness
8 reviews
tieflingmom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cancer, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Addiction, Homophobia, Death, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Dementia, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Self harm
pacifickat's review against another edition
4.0
The audiobook absolutely made this book work for me as a reader. There were so many jokes and moments that relied on anticipating the correct voice intonation in order to completely land, and it was fun hearing JVN's humor come through in the audio narration. Plus, I would have hopelessly butchered all the Russian pseudonyms in my head.
Lots of trigger warnings could be applied to this book (childhood trauma, sexual content, drug use, self harm, bullying, etc.), but I have rarely heard more accurate or compelling descriptions of addictive behaviors and the self-destructive-yet-all-consuming mental state behind them than here. This felt like an extremely honest and open account of the author's most formative life experiences, and I can't help but admire that.
I also really appreciated learning a bit about AIDS/HIV stigma, treatments, and current positive prognoses when caught early and managed carefully. This kind of information is truly a public service to get out there in the open.
Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Bullying, Chronic illness, Self harm, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Dementia, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Death, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Vomit, Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
streberkatze's review
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Drug use
itstheconnorsbookclub's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Blood, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
rainbowjawn's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Bullying
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Eating disorder
_inge's review
3.0
This audiobook was genuinely a hopeful one. We all mess up in life, we might not immediately achieve our goals, but if you stay true to who you are despite what others might say or do, you’ll get there in the end.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Grief, Death, and Addiction
Moderate: Pedophilia, Self harm, Body shaming, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Vomit
alishamegan's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Homophobia
Minor: Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts