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frozenheartv's review against another edition
4.5
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It's really hard to rate a memoir, but based on my whole experience with the book, I think it deserves 4.5 stars. The book just wrecked me from the inside. I was speechless about the trauma and cruelty that the author had to go through. No one can choose their own family, but the sad thing is that no matter what they have done to you, they are still your family. You can choose to walk away from them, but you will feel as if you have lost a piece of yourself. The author has all of my admiration, hands down for her effort. I would have never imagined a person who has gone through such a tragedy could come out so fine in the end.
The book delivers so powerfully how education can change a person in a good way. The proses were lyrical, mesmerizing, and just beautiful they flew through my mind, lingered in my head, and wrecked my heart inside out with the deep meanings behind them. The ending was just pure perfection.
I would recommend listening to the audiobook instead of reading because the background of the author's life was delivered so thoroughly that the first half of the book can be really slow.
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Racial slurs
rebah's review
5.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Torture, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Body shaming, Sexism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Gun violence, Cancer, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Genocide, Classism, Cursing, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
my_weird_bookish_heart's review
Graphic: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
booklover_04's review
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Racism, Sexism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Body shaming, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Bullying, Classism, Misogyny, Confinement, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
amurff's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Abandonment, and Animal death
book_bunnie's review
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, Violence, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Child abuse, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
annakh16's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Child abuse, Bullying, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Animal death
Moderate: Body shaming and Abandonment
erisouls's review
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Abandonment, Animal death, and Body horror
amberlfaris's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, and Domestic abuse
kaceyp's review
4.75
Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse