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

10 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

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed reading about a woman who is open about her desire for sex and ready to put in time to figure out what she needs. I wish her allllll the luck and orgasms in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Stalking, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Drug use

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

emotional funny

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Racism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Addiction

sarahbliss's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Fatphobia and Toxic relationship

tallybae's review

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Stalking

bookishplantmom's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

I don’t quite know how to discuss memoirs. I’ve been following this author’s work since the Thirst Aid Kit days and I recall longing for her writing so badly every week. It was an absolute pleasure to get to engage with it in this way finally. This honest, poignant and vulnerable look into her life was really special to me and I’m glad I read it. Whatever she writes next, I’m there!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Stalking

elenichristine's review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Stalking

Moderate: Domestic abuse

aargot1's review

dark lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Mental illness

sfbookgirl's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

I stopped giving memoirs a star rating but that isn’t to say that I really enjoyed Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be. I definitely did not anticipate the extent of sexual content Nichole Perkins includes in her memoir but found it refreshing to read about a woman who is so open about her sexuality. Perkins touches on and delves deep into her life as a Black woman experiencing mental illness, racism, and her ability to be so self-aware about both her flaws and her strengths. 

 

I am generally a big fan of short stories and I enjoyed how Perkins breaks up her memoir into several stories to mark key moments in her life. Perkins also writes about her experience attending an HBCU and why choosing to enroll in an HBCU gave her empowerment. Even if you haven’t heard about Perkins before, it’s worth picking up her memoir to learn about a strong woman who embraces the imperfect. 

 

Thank you Grand Central Pub for a gifted copy! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Stalking, Rape, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, and Ableism

2treads's review

adventurous challenging funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

...I learned to stand firmly in the singularity of love, unspoken yet clear and worth every moment it took to arrive.

There was something in every single essay of Perkins' collection that as a Black woman I could relate to and understand. Her experiences good and bad are are ones we can see reflected in our own childhoods, teen years, and adulthood.

Each essay deals with familial dynamics, societal perceptions and expectations, sibling love and support, and lingering trauma. What I really enjoyed about these essays was how she weaved her love of pop culture, be it music, musical icons, movies, or tv shows into the fabric of her losing, uncovering, and discovering herself.

Perkins is blunt in relaying to the reader that it took her quite some time to unlearn harmful ideations and notions about herself and especially about herself as a bigger bodied Black woman. She explores what that can mean for expressing thoughts and desires and how harmful stereotypes that are so engrained within our society can hamper the way in which we can truly live freely.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Stalking