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frankieclc's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Chronic illness
chrisljm's review against another edition
2.5
As I’ve gotten older I’ve come to love all colors and the way each hue has such a special shade that I’ve fallen in love with, and it’s what makes it difficult for me to say I have a favorite. And yet, I occasionally come across reminders why my favorite will always be blue whenever I see the most beautiful vivid shades of midnight blue (such as the tones of the cover of this book). There are descriptions in this book that puts into words exactly what it feels for me when seeing those shades of blue.
“2. And so I fell in love with a color- in this case, the color blue as if falling under a spell, a spell I fought to stay under and get out from under, in turns.”
“6. The half-circle of blinding turquoise ocean is this love's primal scene. That this blue exists makes my life a remarkable one, just to have seen it. To have seen such beautiful things. To find oneself placed in their midst. Choiceless.”
“212. If I were today on my deathbed, I would name my love of the color blue and making love with you as two of the sweetest sensations I knew on this earth.”
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Medical content and Ableism
kvokolek's review
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Drug use
romeri's review
5.0
Graphic: Suicide and Sexual content
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
thalia16's review
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness
alyssapusateri's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Grief, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death
stephen_reads's review
2.0
Why has everyone been recommending this book as the pinnacle of creative non-fiction?
It even reminded me that I could be reading a much better book that aimed to accomplish a similar goal (Derek Jarman’s ‘Chroma’).
Not a 1 star simply because the language was gripping enough to keep me reading, but otherwise this was such a miss.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Grief
Minor: Ableism
readingwithgoose's review
3.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Alcohol