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sevireene's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
duashamsi's review against another edition
5.0
might be a bit on the cheesy side for some, but I really loved it
hannahbristol's review against another edition
3.0
I love Melissa Febos as an essayist, and this book did not feel edited out of separate essays enough. Pieces of it were really repetitive as if she was newly re-establishing the same background over and over again and it didn’t feel like the chapters sufficiently built on each other
jany_wants_a_cracker's review against another edition
3.5
a very good and very intense memoire. one of the most infuriating relationships ive read so far. the structure was lacking for me. i found myself skimming parts of the greek mythologie references that were put right behind the emotional intense passages. from what ive gathered the author wrote more about her life in the form of memoirs. im not intensely interested in her per say, but i probs wouldnt turn it down for the queer perspective it provides.
bibs_'s review against another edition
5.0
incredible, lyrical prose. book unfurls with breathless intensity and there were so many sentences that i circled. her candor about desire, love, envy, obsession & the difficulty of separating them all is compelling. i read this prob over the course of a month or so but every time i jumped back in it felt like i never left. loved loved the parts abt amaia in particular