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tawny_lekytt's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts
A few pages of her tutorgravys's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual harassment
ruthypoo2's review against another edition
3.75
The story illustrates Tillie's relationship with her well-meaning parents and the other girls with whom she skates. The author's youth was complicated and confusing, or rather more so a challenge to try and figure out how to move forward with her blossoming romantic feelings for some of the girls on her skating teams. The story was very honest about how a young person may find it easier to just "go along to get along" rather than try to fully embrace or express that they are different than the mainstream everyone else seems to be.
This is not a short book, and the author includes bright spots that showed up at times during her awkward adolescence, such as a good friend, finding a patient and understanding coach, meeting an older mentor, fitting in with a new group of friends, and ultimately being able to enjoy the company of another young woman to share the beginning journey of a new romance. I thought the parents in this story were described as imperfect, but doing the best they can for a child they love, which is a pretty realistic version of how most parents are, in my opinion.
This memoir is a unique approach to how one young person learned to accept themself and find a way to come out to family with some level of confidence, and I found it interesting to learn about competitive synchronized figure skating.
Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment
miayukino's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Outing
d12inspiration's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Car accident, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Bullying
The sexual assault is explicitly directed at minors.pidgepodge's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, and Sexual assault
williamgideon's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Bullying and Sexual harassment
Minor: Homophobia and Car accident
sshabein's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Moderate: Homophobia
reallyitsrudi's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Sexual harassment
emmi_lee's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Car accident and Sexual harassment
Minor: Outing and Lesbophobia