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lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
ratwitch's review against another edition
4.5
I've never read a memoir before, as a genre it does not interest me but I am so glad I picked this book up. It is beautiful and heart-breaking and brilliant. The formatting is so clever and used to further the story. Machado's tale isn't just told through the words, but how they are laid out. This is a topic that, as she rightfully points out, is not talked about enough and I'm so glad she used her voice to speak about it in this way.
Although I would not say I enjoyed this book, as that seems to be the incorrect word, I cannot recommend this memoir enough!
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Lesbophobia
mothie_girlie's review against another edition
Graphic: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Mental illness
aproudmc13's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Abandonment
kers_tin's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, and Homophobia
teapotoccamy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Minor: Biphobia
pey333's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Gaslighting
kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, and Lesbophobia
rieviolet's review against another edition
3.5
I did not get along with the narrative structure, I found the rapid-fire succession of chapters (supposed to show different genres and narrative styles) too much disjointed and confusing. The writing style is a bit too much experimental for me.
I liked much more the chapters that were "essay-like", exploring queer history and theory. However, I think that this mixing of informative chapters together with more literary and elaborately written ones was a bit jarring, it felt like two different books mashed up.
Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
decoincidenza's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Biphobia