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The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner: A Memoir by Grace Tame

7 reviews

mince's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

If I could give this 10/5 stars, I would. Obviously some very intense trigger warnings, but the way she talks about her relationships and her life is fantastic - both heartwarming and hilarious. There's a reason Grace Tame was published, and I will read everything that she writes. 
The audiobook is powerful and truly captures her emotions. 
Grace's perseverance and determination to find what supports her best is inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Child abuse, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Ableism

sophiesmallhands's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexism, Eating disorder, Ableism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence, Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, Infidelity, and Blood

rhi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Self harm, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse and Alcoholism

Minor: Racism and Transphobia

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Tame is a fucking legend! Go Grace 4👀 NB writing style was difficult to follow (it’s often scattered and her thoughts are frequently sidetracked and is a symptom of her autism and ADHD) but I appreciated getting an insight into her nuro-divergent mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Classism, Cursing, Eating disorder, Stalking, Ableism, Body shaming, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship

kmaller01's review

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

marsspider42's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.0

I found the first few chapters of this book very difficult to get through - not because of the content, but because of the writing style. However, once I got past the first few chapters, I found this book interesting, heartbreaking, and very honest. I did not know much about Grace Tame going into it, but I feel like I have greater empathy and understanding for her afterwards.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

hkas's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Stalking, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Self harm, Mental illness, and Drug use