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Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams

4 reviews

brandonsbooked's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I wanted to read 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵, the
autobiography of comedian Ms. Pat Williams after
watching her show on BET+. I would crack up
watching the show loosely based around her life but it
also made me curious about the serious subject matter
that she’d turned into jokes.

As one of five siblings born to an alcoholic mother,
much of Ms. Pat’s life reads like an Urban Fiction
novel, which only makes it sadder when you remember
it’s true. By 15 she was a mother of two children by a
man almost a decade older than her. Resorting to
selling crack to survive. A string of bad choices and
bad men lead Ms. Pat astray she follows some advice
which helps lead her to comedy. There are moments of
humor, but don’t look for the book to be outright
funny. Life in Atlanta during the crack epidemic was
anything but, yet Ms. Pat’s story remains hopeful and
inspirational. ✨

Reviewing someone’s life story is HARD, so I like to
focus on the places their life too me. I loved that this
autobiography feels like a journey that I went on with
Ms. Pat. Her childlike interpretation of her life growing
up was felt wholeheartedly. Her naiveness when she
thought she was being loved translated well. I
understood her desperation to make things work for
her family. I see the light that was her comedy
bubbling underneath. It feels like I went through all of
this with her which kept me hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Drug use

leweylibrary's review against another edition

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

4.5

Am I a jerk for giving a memoir about really hard shit less than five stars? Maybe, but it's mostly because I wanted more, does that help? I wanted the author to go in more detail in some of the more recent years of her life and not stick so much to the "I made it out of the hood and turned my life around" storyline I'm sure the publisher wanted to push.

All that aside, this book was WILD. It's one of those books that my privileged ass reads and just cannot fathom that someone actually has a life like this. Every minute in the first 75% or so was one insane thing after another. I can't say I've read many books from that POV, so I am really glad that I did read it, and I can't say I'll easily forget it either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Classism, Violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Police brutality and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Recommended by a friend on bookstagram as part of the 12 in 12 challenge. PLEASE check the content warnings before reading. So glad I listened to this one as an audiobook, to hear Ms. Pat’s story told in her own words. It’s a raw and emotional read that will stick with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Classism, Death, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

kaitlyndeluise's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse