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hannah_and_her_stories's review
challenging
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Drug use, and Self harm
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Rape
Minor: Cancer
byagz's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I will read anything and everything by akwaeke emezi. Reading their work—it is so blatantly obvious—they know wtf they’re doing. this memoir made me cry, it was inspiring in moments, full of real shit. You can feel their energy through their words. Straight up powerful. Powerful. this book is covered in highlights. their writing is unlike any other for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse
hailskp's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
Breathtaking! A book everyone should read. It’s a beautiful, evocative, tense and wild expression of embodiment, what it means to be alive, and in a liminal space. I was in awe and uncomfortable and confronted with my own body. This is a classic which I know is not the authors intention, instead it is to find the power of spirit, to accept our death, our life and be in our truest essence.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death, and Suicide
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