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emilieno's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Mental illness
emmadub's review against another edition
4.0
I worried it was going to be WASPy, but it really wasn't--maybe a bit individualistic/western if anything.
Highlights:
Nothing can be healed if it’s not sensed first
Mercy and empathy are great threats to an unjust society
Every time you're given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else
Layering a judgment on top of a feeling doesn’t change the feeling
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Grief, and Infidelity
gracer's review against another edition
3.0
That’s not a bad thing. I’ve gotten a lot of good out of books like these, and I can even include this one. It’s a tough time and it’s nice to be reminded, for example, that “we can do hard things.” I loved the short chapters that made it easy to read a little before getting out of bed in the morning, like a little morning pep talk.
On the downside, it’s a little woo-woo, and a little more spiritual than is generally a good fit for me. More importantly, I felt the writing was strangely organized. The whole book is founded on the concept of a cheetah that’s been raised in captivity: Glennon is sure this animal knows there’s something more, and that feels like a pretty big and loose projection on which to base a 300-page book. And then the content within that seems random. I’m not sure it could have been organized differently, but it felt like a bunch of observations on her life thrown together.
I really liked the beginning and reading how Abby and Glennon met, but beyond that I would have preferred a bit more structure. It isn’t my book, though, so... okay.
The cover is awesome. Bright, colorful, gaudy, a little glittery, messy, and unapologetic. A metaphor, maybe?
Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Infidelity
klavanger's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Homophobia, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders
jasperoz's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Moderate: Racism and Misogyny
Minor: Homophobia
ashleycmms's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Infidelity
Minor: Death, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Racism, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Homophobia
kelseyland's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder and Addiction
Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry
lameyloser's review against another edition
2.0
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Police brutality, Racism, and Sexual content
daralexandria's review against another edition
2.0
Minor: Addiction, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Abortion
kkirksey's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, and Infidelity