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theboricuabookworm's review against another edition
Gripping and raw. The lyrical way Mailhot writes about pain and trauma and grief will leave you gasping.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
laura_corsi's review against another edition
This book was difficult to read both because it is emotionally wrenching and because the writing is difficult. Beautiful but difficult like Terese Mailhot describes herself in her memoir. Written as a letter to her lover from a psychiatric hospital, this memoir jumps backward and forward in time leaving the reader feeling as unmoored as the patient. I think, perhaps, this book is meant to be read as poetry with no beginning and no end. Just endlessly looping.
jobustitch's review against another edition
4.0
The voice is jarring at first. But once you get into her voice, the memoir is lyrical and at times, universal to all women. I really enjoyed this memoir. It made me think of my own experiences and my own story and how it compares to the author's story. This book is simply amazing.
thebookofmomlife's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
I can’t even post a review worthy of her words. You’ll just have to read it yourself.
I realized that I had been using the guise of fiction to show myself the truth, and the process of turning fiction into nonfiction was essentially stripping away everything that didn't actually happen to me, and filling those holes left behind with memory.
squirmywormy's review against another edition
1.0
Chronicles the life of a mentally ill and traumatized Indigenous woman, the writing was intended to be raw and unfiltered but it felt unpolished and flat imo