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lily_sutton's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Racism
Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault
Minor: Rape, Abortion, and Death of parent
emma_reards's review against another edition
5.0
This book is about Viola learning to love herself despite never feeling worthy of that love. She learns to recognize her trauma rather than suppress them, and gives herself permission to forgive and grow from it.
Viola’s childhood is heartbreaking, but her evolution as a person is inspiring. I think everyone can learn some important lessons from this book.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent
fblair's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Classism
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Terminal illness
Minor: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, and Abortion
bzliz's review against another edition
5.0
I don’t want to play the “who had it worse?” game but it’s hard not to compare this to some other memoirs and think to myself what the hell are you whining about? You haven’t faced any real hardship. It’s impossible to not think about how minor struggles can be a person’s complete undoing, yet someone who essentially started life at rock bottom and has had to fight for decades just to get to even ground can still rise above and flourish.
The story’s timeline is jumbled around in that way many memoirs are but I didn’t mind it as much here as I have in others. So much of her life was shaped by chaos so why should her story be told in a straight line?
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Medical content
Moderate: Abortion and Death of parent
kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
alexiusr's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Abortion
youmns's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer, Incest, Infertility, Pedophilia, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
yreluctant's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol
kristinescorner's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction and Abortion
morebookspls's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Classism