Reviews with content warning for Cursing - Spinning

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jessiejonesbentley's review

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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tawny_lekytt's review

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emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

A wonderful memoir of a young girl’s journey to young adulthood through her years of ice skating.

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blairnecessities's review

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

I love Tillie Walden and I keep trying to find something she’s done to top On A Sunbeam and nothing quite has.

However, I did enjoy this read and reminded me of how I felt as a dancer in middle and high school - and the difficult decisions to give up passions when they no longer fulfill you.

I feel like high school girls should red this (with the huge content warning for sexual assault obviously). It made me want to take care of my 14 year old self a little more.

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flyemtothemoon's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.5

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arlangrey17's review

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

I identified a lot with the author's story. The illustrations were very nice, and I appreciated the use of color. Overall a solid read.

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toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

"Spinning" is a graphic memoir that tells the story of Tillie Walden's coming of age, coming out, and figuring out her place in this world. This is all set to her twelve year long stint in figure skating, something that she did from a young age all the way through high school. Tillie traverses the highs and extreme lows of growing up different and the painful pressure of trying to be the best at what your Thing is. I thought the art style was beautiful, the storytelling was engaging, and I think anyone who grew up different can get something from this. That, in the end, is what I think this book is about. In the author's note, Walden basically says that its up to the reader what the book is actually about, and I choose that phrase: "growing up different." This book was beautiful. I'm sure that i will return to it when I need comfort.

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