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robinks's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Body shaming
Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Classism, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Bullying
Minor: Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, War, and Animal death
loinereads's review against another edition
I really wanted to go through with this book as I am going to therapy myself, I thought it would be comforting to hear about someone else’s trauma and difficulties with self esteem and anxiety.
But the main character’s problems felt very frivolous to me. I absolutely lacked empathy and even though I can understand the extent of help this book could bring to some people, it’s just not for me.
I feel very respectful still towards the author because it mustn’t have been easy to keep track of all these sessions and confide through a book that can be read by so much.
As I listened to the audiobook, I just felt like I was feeling worse than ever (when in reality not at all! I am fine considering everything I’ve been through) but I kept comparing my own experiences to the ones told in this book and I kept making me feel worse.
I think it’s definitely a book for people who know something’s wrong with their approach of life and social engagement and want to have a starting point of understanding the causes and maybe even get some tools to deal with their existential dread but It might really be boring for people who understand their trauma and already have some tools to deal with them.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Mental illness and Child abuse
buttongirl22's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse
Minor: Alcoholism
sarah984's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Fatphobia, Suicide, Medical content, Classism, Alcoholism, and Child abuse
ausra's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Child abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Domestic abuse
emmareeser's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
danimcthomas's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Physical abuse
The whole of this book discusses severe mental health issues. Avoid if that’s a trigger for you.onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Child abuse
ellaticonstellation's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
icarusandthesun's review
4.25
so note that my rating conveys just that - how much i identified with the author - and not necessarily how good the book was from a literary or objective point of view.
for me, this was a very insightful read.
while i couldn't relate to every single thing the author struggles with (obviously), i did find quite a few of my own problems and struggles represented.
the therapist's answers and reflections weren't life-changing in and of themselves, but the combination between them and the author's ("the patient's") conclusions made for very thought-provoking chapters and situations.
inspiring if you dare to apply all of this to your life and actually try to 'self-help'.
i do need to mention though that some aspects of the book were a little repetitive, which makes sense, obviously, because one can only have so many struggles to mention and those don't go away once you check them off of your imaginery checklist, but just wanna mention it for the sake of your reading experience.
however, since the book is only around 200 pages long, i think you should be more than fine.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism