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katofalltrades's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
WOW. Read this book on a whim, based on the description in Libby and the availability of the audiobook. It felt so important and profound, and sucked me right it. I can’t believe that it was only 5 hours long, it felt like so much more, but those hours also flew by.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse
karenschiavelli's review against another edition
5.0
This is an incredibly innovative & well written autobiography! It is touching, heartbreaking, inspiring, sad, funny and warm. Not to mention an important subject to get out into our quarantined American society. The book could have concluded with some run of the mill “happy ending” but instead this author chose to give voice to all the other stories out there like hers. Unbelievably unique. You won’t be disappointed.
theresaburnham's review against another edition
Beautiful writing and imagery, but the difficult themes in this book made it hard for me to finish
donovanm's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
mamareadstuff's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
I would give Carla six stars for this book if I could. Ten? I listened to her read her story on hoopla, but I'm going to have to buy a physical copy so I can go back and underline and cry all over the pages. There were moments so vivid I had flashbacks to my own experience 15+ years ago, so similar, in too many ways to count. This wasn't some afterschool special. This was falling in love and out of love and feeling powerless and somehow, eventually, slowly, finding your power again, trusting yourself again, loving yourself, for once. I don't know that I could have read this book 15 years ago, but I wish that I had been able to read it before... Or maybe I wish that I had been able to reach across state lines back then, and find her, and that we could have shared our stories and gotten each other out sooner. Or maybe not. Maybe we couldn't get out until we could, until we did.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness