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Piruetas by Tillie Walden

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juliethere's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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books_and_fairy_lights's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

Amazing, as always with Tillie Walden. The art is gorgeous and the story is really nice. It feels relatable even though it's nowhere close to what you might have experienced. It leaves you feeling a kind of sad but soft melancholy for the past, with hope that the future might be bright. It's about the struggle of finding and accepting yourself, having to exist under the gaze of others and trying not to drown, acknowledging the little things that make everything else more bearable. Maybe if we keep putting one foot after the other, day by day, we'll reach peace eventually.

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christineazopf's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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anniereads221's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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sshabein's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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dino_trash18's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

I read this book in one sitting in under and hour. When I finished it, I cried for 20 minutes and then cried whenever I thought about it. It’s such an emotional book, and I can really relate to and see myself in Tillie. I highly recommend this book.

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rachel_here's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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knkoch's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

I was surprised by this darker and often grim graphic memoir. My library copy indicates it’s aimed at a teen audience, and with its bright pastel cover, I was not expecting what it held. I’d describe this more as a memoir from the author’s teen years (12-17) and their struggle with mental health, coming of age, and trauma as it coincided with their competitive skating career. It’s not light at all, though it’s not as if teen-level books should avoid grappling with very serious topics.

It was beautifully illustrated and written, just very sad. It reminded me of The Discomfort of Evening in the family dynamics and parental treatment of a rather unloved child. I was a little dismayed not to see some sort of epilogue; I guess I was just hoping the author was doing better now, or had found help in dealing with what she went through. I know that’s not required, but she’d done such a good job with getting me to care deeply about herself as the protagonist in this narrative that I wanted that.

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wonderlandbooks's review against another edition

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slow-paced

2.5

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kristakp's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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