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elizabethfisher's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Just wow. Even though this memoir deals with a difficult subject that was so hard to read, Machado has constructed a truly incredible book. If I could have, I probably would have highlighted almost every line of this one. The style, the pacing, the mix of personal experience and scholarship, the just unflinching rawness of it all...speechless.
cabbagecakes's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
julsreadinglist's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault
mhverney's review against another edition
5.0
Machado certainly can write - her prose is mesmerising, she draws the reader into the rarefied, twisted dream world of an abusive relationship. Even when I wanted to scream at her to just get out and dump the abuser, I kept reading, just as unable to stop. Beautiful.
the_benjster's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0