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Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins

3 reviews

buttongirl22's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.25

This is a beautifully written and real collection of essays about growing up as a girl, womanhood, music, family, and sexuality. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Racism, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Cursing, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Minor: Police brutality, Rape, Stalking, Vomit, and Grief

taibreakfast's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.5

Enjoyed this. Listened to the audiobook, but I would recommend reading the text instead. Frank, destigmatizing, and often funny storytelling in this memoir/collection of personal essays. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Body shaming

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

3.5

Thanks Grand Central Publications for the free advance copy of this book.

 - SOMETIMES I TRIP ON HOW HAPPY WE COULD BE is for fans of Roxane Gay, Tressie McMillan Cottom, and of course Perkins' dearly departed podcast Thirst Aid Kit.
- Perkins is working to untangle the messages she received in her youth about how to be a proper Black woman and learn to live her life exactly the way she wants to.
- She is open about everything from sex to church to drugs to love. Some essays I wish were expanded on a little more, but I'll read anything by Perkins - her mix of tender and serious is perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence