Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

4 reviews

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Fuck me Rachel Bloom! I want to be exactly where she is 4🎤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment

stampest's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

4.75

i’m in love with Rachel Bloom
this was funny, thoughtful, touching. i just wish more time was dedicated to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Bullying, Excrement, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cancer, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

Minor: Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

re: transphobia: a preface to a Harry Potter fanfic acknowledging and condemning JK Rowling's problematic views towards trans people

readswithcocktails's review

I don't know how to say this without it sounding like I'm trash talking Rachel Bloom. It's really hard to read a memoir of someone who thinks they're self-aware, but actually lacks that quality. The opening chapter where she gatekeeps who can say that they were bullied was a lot. Especially when she acknowledged how much privilege she actually has to have never been bullied because of her race, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc but then doubles down on how her bullying was the worst. Bullying of any sort is awful and traumatic. Everyone's trauma is their own, but listening her explain why her trauma is worse than others even while acknowledging her privilege was a lot. It didn't feel like punching down, but it did feel insensitive. This level of almost self reflection and poorly calculated jokes continued to happen until I couldn't any more. Maybe the humor just isn't for me? There were some really funny and touching parts, but that wasn't enough to keep me going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Excrement

One chapter is just HP fanfic and there are repeated references to Hogwarts houses in spite of the author having a whole preamble about how she understands JKR is transphobic and harmful