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Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez

4 reviews

clpaige's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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nadia's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Despite listening to her narrate her own story, it took me a little bit of time to feel connected to Sánchez and this memoir. Eventually I got really into it and I appreciated the discussions around identity, mental health, motherhood and pregnancy, beauty standards, racism, relationships, crafting a career, and more. Throughout it all, Sánchez was unflinchingly honest and vulnerable, which added to the memoir's impact and relatability.

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abbie_'s review

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challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

I usually prefer memoirs which are written in a narrative style, as opposed to essays, but I did really enjoy this memoir-in-essays! Lots of unflinching depictions of mental illness which I always appreciate, and I thought Sánchez's portrayal of 'an abortion that saved [her] life' was incredible. One thing that stuck out to me from this part was how she says people who support the right to choose often censor themselves when it comes to their own experiences with abortion, especially if they happen to be traumatic because that rhetoric can so easily be taken by pro-lifers and twisted out of context. Sánchez laments how there can be a lack of nuance around abortion, and I'm glad she felt able to tell her story of an abortion which was obviously extremely traumatic for her, but ultimately the right choice given her mental state at the time.

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caseythereader's review

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dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

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