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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
Parts of this book will be important to me forever which feels strange because other portions of this book could have (should have?) been left out entirely. I still don’t understand what the Author’s relationship with kink has to do with anything, or why those essays were included in this collection. The writing also sometimes takes on a tone that is very reminiscent of the Buzzfeed or Tumblr posts of yore, and it reads very out of place and goofy.
Audiobook narration 5/5
CW: suicidal ideation and attempts, blood, parental death, child abuse, addiction, on page kink, miscarriage, racism, sexual assault, homophobia, transphobia, mental illness, physical disability, confinement, ableism, dementia, terminal illness, medical trauma
dark
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informative
inspiring
medium-paced
dark
emotional
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medium-paced
I enjoyed the first half much more than the second, but stuck with it overall for their storytelling skills.
informative
medium-paced
Meh. Was expecting more medical related stuff and less relationship/sexuality talk. There’s a time and a place (which I’m all for!) but this book wasn’t… upfront about that? I want medical/disability memoirs. This talked about disability so briefly despite it being in the title.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia
Minor: Miscarriage