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read_mo's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of those books that make you think and forces you to reckon with privileges you’ve been given. Kiese is so human and so understandable.
hillysreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Body shaming, and Sexual assault
senquezada29's review against another edition
4.0
Laymon is an excellent writer. He is definitely deep and introspective and unafraid to describe in detail his own personal struggles. The book is sprinkled with amazing quotes from both his mother and grandmother who show intelligence that only comes from a lifetime of surviving domestic violence, racism, poverty and addiction. I highly recommend this book. The ending could have been better and it felt as if it was rushed to finish. It could have been more thoroughly developed and tied up some other loose ends, but overall, the book was excellent.
staceface's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
This is one of those memoirs that doesn’t feel right to give a star rating. Pacing-wise, it went from slow to fast to medium for me. It is beautifully written. And it absolutely lives up to its title: it is so, so heavy.
thepetitepunk's review against another edition
Listened to this while learning to knit for the first time and actually managed to finish the entire book in one sitting. My knitting looks like trash but this memoir was excellent.
danielles_reads's review against another edition
DNF @ 20%
I was really excited for this one but it fell flat for me. It felt like a series of disjointed stream-of-consciousness journal entries rather than a coherent memoir, with minimal reflection. I also really just don't want to hear about the sexual escapades of teenagers, especially when it's the private business of people other than the authorwho seems to not want to acknowledge that this girl he knew was raped .
I was really excited for this one but it fell flat for me. It felt like a series of disjointed stream-of-consciousness journal entries rather than a coherent memoir, with minimal reflection. I also really just don't want to hear about the sexual escapades of teenagers, especially when it's the private business of people other than the author
a2lulu's review against another edition
4.0
It’s been a long time since I’ve been drawn in and completely absorbed in a book the way I was with this one.
cr4nkyp4nts's review against another edition
5.0
I need to process this more but I can say I think anyone who has an opportunity to read this book should. Important, powerful, and beautifully written. Gorgeous prose.