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alisha247's review
challenging
dark
medium-paced
seventeen is a shocking, raw, and uncomfortable memoir. whilst i thought this was a harrowing insight into a strategic and manipulative abuse of power, the majority of the memoir is dominated by extremely detailed scenes of their sexual relationship, which genuinely read like a teen boy fantasy, and was difficult to read. the only real reflections of this abuse occurred in the last few chapters, but this was brief and could’ve been much stronger. i was expecting some comprehensive interrogation of this abuse, such as his teacher’s intentions, or joe’s later observations and reflections of his experience, but we didn’t get that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Gaslighting
bigbenfulham's review
5.0
A good but very uncomfortable read. How easy it was for a confident happy young man to walk into an abusive controlling relationship.
kittylevin's review
Unforgettable story of one very brave person. The kind of book that you want to shove in everyone’s face and scream: “READ IT!!!”. Shaken and sad, but also somehow a bit more hopeful after reading it. Thank you, Joe Gibson, whoever you actually are❤️
rosy24's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Sexual content