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Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

6 reviews

sighclopss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abortion, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Suicide

nibs's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

I really liked it. Gadsby is a great storyteller. She has a mastery of it from her comedy. Her humour comes through and made me laugh out loud often. 
I felt it ended

a bit abruptly at the Nanette performance, but I also get that a lot of the focus around the latter part of the book (and the marketing draw of itself, though in the acknowledgements it mentions the book was in the works pre-Nanette) is around Nanette.

 
She conveys her emotion and messiness so well, as well as the reality of mental illness. I also really respect her for setting boundaries as to how much trauma she's going to communicate. It also makes me want to rewatch Nanette. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion, Drug use, and Gun violence

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Homophobia, Cancer, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Cursing, Excrement, Medical trauma, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Animal death, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Biphobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Abortion, Grief, Gun violence, and War

xeniba's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I love everything Hannah Gadsby does and this is no exception. I will say that I felt the chronological retelling of her childhood slogged a little bit. Once I got through that and into her adult years, comedy, and creating Nanette I was absolutely hooked, could not put it down. I resonate with so many of Hannah’s experiences as a queer, autistic person who was socialized female. Highly, highly recommend. It also makes me want to rewatch Nanette (and maybe listen to the audiobook of this!).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Bullying, Alcohol, Mental illness, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Drug use and Gun violence

stories's review against another edition

5.0

Incredibly well written. Cyclic, moving, insightful, informative. Well paced, gorgeously done as an audiobook. Loved the expansions into state, national and global context. Loved the interwoven threads and references that carried. Each chapter was a well-constructed, self contained bundle, that still left you wanting to continue. 

Not sure if it would have been “better” to have already seen Nanette, but I hadn’t and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Body shaming, Colonisation, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Self harm, Classism, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Dysphoria, Gun violence, and Incest

Just, yknow. All the warnings. Heed the triggers provided at the start of the book. It’s carefully packaged, but triggers are triggers.

isnotacrayon's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Drug use